Oromia-Ethiopia: Addis Ababa is not a “Habesha city” -(blog)
Jimma Times, Ethiopia - September 27, 2007
There are many things that annoy the oppressed southern people of Ethiopia and one of them is the Abyssinian (habesha) renaming of historically Oromo towns. One example is Adama, renamed Nazret by the Habesha colonizers. The other one is Finfinne, renamed Addis Ababa by the Habesha colonizers.
During the last few years, most of the Oromo towns renamed by Abyssinians have been fortunately restored back to their old historical names. This was seen as a positive step in Ethiopia. One of the last remaining cities still baptized with an Abyssinian label is “Addis Ababa” city. Despite being located inside Oromia regional state of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa is mostly populated by Abyssinians (ethnic Amharas, Gurages and Tigrayans.) Only 1/5th of the residents are ethnic Oromos, but that should not give people permission to treat the city like a 100% Abyssinian (Habesha) land!
Most Oromos I spoke with say they don’t mind swaping names sometimes to call Finfinne with its new "Addis Ababa" name, but they are very angry when the city is portrayed as a “Habesha city.” The worst case has been the new tourist bus roaming around Addis Ababa. For some odd reason, the owners of the bus named it “HABESHA CITY TOUR.” What a slap on the face of the non-habesha people residing in Addis Ababa ...