The Brain Bale Rebellion, Sheik Musa Bati, died at age 70

By Kadiro Elemo | September 26, 2013
Oromo nation is saddened by the news of the death of Musa Bati , Wednesday 24 September 2013 in nagell Borana , southern Oromiya . Musa Bati , who served a honorific title Sheikh oldest in Arabic - that his salad age , because of his knowledge of Arabic and Somali, was among the pioneers in Bale peasant resistance against the Ethiopian rule in the 1960s and 1970s to end the humiliating yoke tribute -giving , land dispossession and cultural suffocation . A close confidante of General Waqo Gutu , led Sheikh Musa the Oromo fighters during many fierce battles including the landmark battle Dhombir 1963. Because of the heroic activities Sheikh Musa at Ethiopian army and naftanya marching , his family paid a heavy cost. In the morning of the early 1960s , when the Ethiopian jets raided his village , his family lost their entire stock market , more than 300 cows and camels. In raids , which lasted three days , lost Oromo farmers more than 12,000 animals and countless people . At the time when the Oromo were unwanted in the administration , civil service , schools , media , justice systems of the empire, this tragedy was a major turning point in his life . This increase , according Zaytuna Bati , a niece of Sheikh Musa, the determination of Sheikh and his friends , to fight for the right of his people before they achieve victory over the invaders who despise their culture and robbed their country .
As a prolific author, who earned the name of " brain of the revolution , " Sheikh Musa was a man in charge of keeping diaries of struggle and negotiate with enemies. In the late 1960s , when he met the Emperor Hayle Sillasens to negotiate a ceasefire and a peace agreement , the emperor could hardly believe his eyes when he saw a young man in his early 20s. The skinny boy does not meet the expectation of the emperor who heard a lot about the bravery of an imaginary Sheikh. Then the emperor said , "I want to deal with Sheikh Musa, a big one , not a baby one. " A witness had come to prove to the Emperor that he works with Sheikh Musa, the real and the only one. When the confused emperor offered him a chance to go to school and a car , said Sheikh Musa him that his main requirement was to ask empire cease their abuse and violent repression of the Oromo people , who declined his offer the same opportunity extended to all Oromo children.
Aside from a brief exile in Somalia , Sheikh Musa refused to leave the country he loved most , Oromiya . He returned to the country after the fall of the military dictatorship Mangistu Hayle Marya in 1991. He took part in the transitional government of Ethiopia , the Transitional lease. He remained in Oromiya even when the EPRDF government, after crossing the rental period , led a huge clamped down on all democratic rights and brutally suppressed the Oromo people's quest for self-determination. A fearless advocate of Oromo people were Sheikh Musa of " dubbii sibilaa " ( Hard Talk) arrested for many years, and Hurso Agarfa , along a prominent Oromo activists and elders . He was released after his health deteriorated , and when Mahmud Bune , a brother of Colonel Hussein Bune , another icon of the Bale rebellion, died in a prison. Sheikh Musa was 70 and survived more than 20 children, some of them still languishing in prison houses in Ethiopia on fictitious accusations of supporting anti - peace elements. We will have good opportunities to remember the legacy of Sheikh Musa Bati during a commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the modern Oromo military struggle against the Ethiopian rule. We 'll show a video message Sheikh Musa Bati to Oromo and friends of the Oromo , 20 October 2013 , in Minnesota , during the 50th anniversary celebration, via Facebook and YouTube. Maatii Sheekh Muusaafi firoota isaaniif Rabbin obsa haa kennu .