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The Sidamas believe that there exist good and bad spirits. The good spirit, dancha Ayyaana, is identified as God's spirit, as the spirit coming from God. This manifests how Magano is perceived as being present in the people's daily life. Maganu Ayyaana, God’s Spirit, is presented as real and playing the role of giving life and blessings. Without Magano’s name, the spirit is not mentioned. One can certainly think that the hierarchical structure that exists within the community (i.e. ancestors - clan elders and religious leaders - parents - children) reflects the degree of the presence of Maganu Ayyaana. Consequently, a common ancestor is conceived as having Maganu Ayyaana abundantly and is made like divine. He lives with Magano and plays the role of a mediator between Magano and his people. Tribal elders and religious leaders are also filled with Maganu Ayyaana.

Sidama - Religion and Beliefs Introduction to Sidama Religion by Kifle WANSAMO (culled from www.sidamaconcern.com/country/religion_and_beliefs.htm) 1.Introduction 2.Elements of faith in the Sidama religion Belief in God Belief in spirits Belief in ancestors 3.The elements of Response in the Sidama Religion Morality Prayer & sacrifice Sacrifice Offered to Magano   Sacrifice Offered to the Ancestors  Offering Places 4.Conclusion Endnotes About the author 1. Introduction This paper results from the research project carried out in 1996. Different notable personalities, community leaders and elders were interviewed in different parts of the region. Through this work the author, a Sidama himself, hopes that the article will help those who are interested in carrying out further study in the field in the future. The presentation below is restricted to the foundational elements of the Sidamas’ faith and the way the Sidamas live out this faith. The Sidama nation is

Sidama. A Tyrannized Nation´s Culture As Resistance Against Barbarous Abyssinia (Fake Ethiopia) II

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Dr. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis With the present article, I complete the publication of Mr. Mulugeta Bakkalo Daye´s study of the Sidama Culture. Fast Disappearing Social Capital among the Sidama of Southern Ethiopia and its implication on Food (in)security By Mulugeta Bakkalo Daye (17/06/2010) The Continuity of disruption of Social capital and the struggle for survival No matter how distractive successive Ethiopian governments policy to wards nations,, nationalities´ and peoples´ political, economic and social lives and livelihood that are located presently in southern, western, eastern parts of Ethiopia, those societies still have been preserving their social and political identities. This suggests that, successive regimes of Ethiopia unsuccessfully attempted to assimilate their subject into single Ethiopian political and social identity for instance Amharization, Emperor Menelick II and HaileSellasie´s version of "modernization" Mengistu´s imported

Sidama diaspora identity formation and forced flight

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Sidama diaspora identity formation and forced flight Seyoum Hameso 1. Introduction The Sidama diaspora refers to people of Sidama descent who live outside Sidama-Ethiopia.The majority of Sidama diaspora members have been forced to leave their homeland due to political repression with few exceptions who migrated in search of better opportunities. Yet nearly all of them face the condition of exile or what Edward Said calls “being somebody away from the place that he was born and belonged to” (Said 2001). In the words of Greg Gow, the diaspora experience can be dystopic: “loss, anguish, divided loyalties and the longing for cohesion and community feature in the lives of displaced people. In the host country, experiences of discrimination, exclusion and invisibility negatively constitute diaspora consciousness” (Gow 2004:304). The essay explores the experiences of the Sidama diaspora based on personal experience, observation and discussion with Sidamas. It compares and constra

ባላፉት ሁለት እና ሶስት ሳምንታት በከፍተኛ የፖለቲካ ትኩሳት ውስጥ የነበረችው ሲዳማ ዞን እየተረጋጋች ነው፤እሁድ ማታ ወልደ ኣማኑኤል ዱባሌ ሃውልት ኣካባቢ ኣንድ ሰው በፈዴራል ፖሊስ ተገደለ ተብሎ የተወራው ወሬ ከእውነት የራቀ ኣሉባልታ ነው

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የሜትሮፖሊታን ከተማችንን እንዴት እንምራው ? በሚል የደኢህዴን ስራ ኣስፈጻም ኮሚቴ በሃዋሳ ከተማ የወደፊት እጣ ፋንታ ላይ በየደረጃው ካሉት ከሚመለከታቸው ኣመራሮች ጋር ውይይት ለማድረግ ኣዘጋጅቶት የነበረው የማወያያ ጽሁፍ ባልታወቁ ሰዎች ተባዝቶ ከህዝብ እጅ መግባቱን ተከትሎ የጽሁፉን ይዘት የ ሚቃዎሙ ሰዎች ላለፉት ሁለት ሳምንታት ተቃውሞቸውን በተለያየ መልኩ ሲገልጹ ቆይተዋል። የክልሉም መንግስት በማወያያ ጽሁፍ ላይ የተነሱ ጉዳዮች በሃሳብ ደረጃ ያሉና ገና ውሳኔ ያልተሰጣቸው እንዳውም ላልተወሰነ ጊዜ መተዋቸውን በመግለጽ ህዝብ እንድረጋጋ ጥሪ ከማቅረቡ ባሻገር በጉዳዩ ላይ ከሚመለከታቸው ኣካላት ጋር ውይይት ማድረጉ ይታወሳል። ሆኖም ከሃዋሳ ከተማ ኣስተዳደር ጋር በተያያዘ እንደ መስቀል ወፍ እየጠፉ ብቅ የሚሉ ጉዳዮች ለኣንደና ለመጨረሻ ጊዜ መፍትሄ እንዲያገኙ በማለት የዞኑ ምክር ቤት የክልል ጥያቄ እንዲያነሳ የሚፈልጉ ግለሰቦች በዞኑ ውስጥ ህዝባዊ ንቅናቄ ኣድርገዋል። የተፈጠረው ህዝባዊ ንቅናቄ ከግጭቶች ያላመለጠ ሲሆን፤ ክልል ይገባናል በሚሉ እና በጸጥታ ሃይሎች መካከል በተፈጠረው ግጭት ሰዎች መጎዳታቸው ብሎም ዞኑ በከፍተኛ የፖለቲካ ውጥረት ውስጥ መግባቱን የተለያዩ መገናኛ ብዙሃን ተዘግቧል። ምንም እንኳን በህዝባዊ ንቅናቄ የክልል ጥያቄ እንዲያነሱ ግፊት የተደረገባቸው የዞኑ ምክር ቤት ኣባላት ውሳኔ ምን እንደሆነ በግልጽ የታወቀ ነገር ባይኖርም ፤ በኣሁኑ ጊዜ የፖለቲካ ውጥረቱ እየረገበ እና ህዝቡም እየተረጋጋ በመምጣት ላይ ነው። ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ ባለፈው እሁድ ማታ በሃዋሳ ከተማ ወልደ ኣማኑኤል ኣደባባይ ላይ በፈዴራል ፖሊስ ኣንድ ሰው ተገድሏል ተብሎ የተወራው ወሬ ከእውነት የራቀ መሆኑን  የሲዳ

ወልደ ኣማኑኤል ሃውልት ኣካባቢ ቆሞ ታክሲ እንኳን መያዝ ተከልክሏል፤በኣላሙ ከፍተኛ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት ግቢ የሰፈሩት ወታደሮች የኣከባቢውን ነዋሪ እያሳቀቁ ናቸው ተባለ።

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ባለፈው እሁድ ማታ ወልደ ኣማኑኤል ዱባሌ ሃውልት ኣካባቢ ሰዎች በፈዴራል ፖሊስ ከተበደቡ ወዲህ በሃውልቱ ኣካባቢ  ሌላ ግጭት ይነሳል በሚል ታክሲ እንኳን ቆሞ መጠበቅ መከልከሉ ተነግሯል። እሁድ ማታ ላይ በተከሰተው ግጭት ወደ 150 የሚሆኑ ሰዎች በወቅቱ በፈዴራል ፖሊስ ታሰረው በዛውኑ ሌሊት የተፈቱ ቢሆንም እስከተፈቱበት ሰኣት ማለትም እስከ ከሌሊቱ ሰባት ስኣት ደረስ ክፍተኛ ድብደባ እንደተከሄደባቸው ተናግረዋል።  ከዚህ ጋር በተያያዘ በኣላሙ ከፍተኛ ሁለተኛ ደረጃ ትምህርት ቤት ግቢ ውስጥ ጊዚያዊነት የሰፈረው ወታደር በኣከባቢው ከፍተኛ ጥበቃ በማድረግ ላይ ያለ ሲሆን፤ የኣከባቢውን ነዋሪ በማሳቀቅ በእለትተእለት ኑሮዎ ላይ ችግር እየፈጠረባቸው እንደሚገኝ በመግለጽ ላይ ናቸው። ይህ በእንዲህ እንዳለ የክልሉ ኣስተዳዳሪ ኣቶ ሽፈራው ሽጉጤ የሲዳማን የዩኒቨርሲቲ ተማሪዎችን ሰብስቦ በሲዳማ የክልል ጥያቄ ዙሪያ ባናጋረበት ወቅት የሲዳማን የክልል ጥያቄ ደግፈው የተናገሩ ተማሪዎች ማንነታቸው ባልታወቁ ግለሰቦች የስልክ የማስፈራሪያ መልእክት እየደረሳቸው መሆኑን በመናገር ላይ ናቸው።