It was in this period that he learned about the history of Ethiopia and the Oromo, as well as how to make music. It is believed that for this he was assassinated in 2020.Īt the age of 17, Hundeessaa was imprisoned for five years for his political activities.
A sublime singer-songwriter, Hundeessaa was a fervent activist in the Oromo Struggle and his songs became the anthems of the revolution. The new documentary Spear Through The Heart tells the tragic story of Hundeessa and how he inspired a revolution. It was feared that this move would accelerate the evictions of ethnic Oromos from their ancestral land. The decades-old struggle of the Oromo people for political and cultural independence came to a head in 2014 when the government proposed a development plan to expand the limits of the country’s capital, Addis Ababa, into neighbouring Oromo villages and towns. Historically, Oromos have been subject to persecution and marginalisation, which has led to them living on the periphery of Ethiopia’s political and social life. The Oromo are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia, and represent well over a third of Ethiopia’s estimated 120 million people, mostly residing in the federal state of Oromia.
So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against centuries of oppression in Ethiopia. We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving When the Oromo singer Haacaaluu Hundeessaa was killed in 2020 it was at the height of a new wave of violence in the multi ethical Ethiopian country, writes Alison Phipps from University of Glasgow. The Oromo people are the largest ethnical group in Ethiopia, but for decades the Oromo language and culture have been marginalised.
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