WHAT DOES FINFINNE MEAN? From Finfinne to Addis Ababa The history of Finfinne (Addis Ababa) in a way reflects the way the Oromo people were conquered, robbed off their land and properties, reduced to serfs and slaves, and kept under inhuman subjugation. Prior to colonization of Oromia, the present day Addis Ababa had an Oromo name – Finfinne. The name attests the abundance of hot springs (“hora” in Oromiffa) at the heart of the city, where cattle flourished. The area was solely inhabited by Oromo clans of Gulale, Eekka, Galan, Abbichu and was divided into 12 counties or districts: Each county was being administered by the local clan chiefs: like Tufa Muna and Dula Harra’and others. , Jima Jatani, Guto Wasarbi , Jima Tikse t, Abeebe Tufa, Waree Golole, Tufa Araddo and Mojo Boxora. During the late 18th and early 19th Century, the neighbouring Amhara community were wedging incessant predatory raids and looting expeditions against these people. Some of these barbaric raids were documented by Major W. C. Harris a British diplomatic mission in his book "The Highlands of Aethiopia (1844)". In one of his vivid description he wrote"…rollin g on like the mighty waves of the ocean, down poured the Amhara host among the rich glades and rural hamlets, at the heels of the flying inhabitants—trampi ng under foot the fields of the ripe
Today Finfinne (Addis Ababa) is a headquarters of many international organizations like African Unity (AU) and ECA; and different agencies like UNDP, UNICEF, UNHCR, FAO, ILF, ICO and ITU. It also hosts some 70 embassies and consular representatives. It is the main administrative, industrial and trade centre, In addition, the city is the centre of the nation's service and finance sectors.. Nevertheless, the city expanded through forced displacement and eviction of indigenous Oromo farmers without compensation. Most were resettled in remote areas infested with Malaria and other infectious diseases. Deforestation, air pollution and particularly of water from poor waste disposal system and disease and destruction of the cultural and religious relics of Oromo people. Is the reward these indigenous people in Finfine got from the growth of the City? The indigenous Oromo people attach a special significance to Finfinne; it is the heart land of Oromia where most of cultural sites for the major Gada gathering from all over Oromia take place: Oda Nabe, In due recognition all these, the constitutional grants special rights to the people of Oromia, but the current repressive EPRDF regime more so aggravated life of the indigenous people through systematic decimation and uprooting of the indigenous from its place of abode in Finfine. training cam
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