I never knew oromos had it so bad in Ethiopia

Historically it was the Oromos who were the strongest ethnicity in Ethiopia. But the European colonialists armed the Habeshas with 100,000 rifles and weaponry in the 19th century because they were a Christian empire, whilst denying everyone else in the Horn with the same opportunity. This tilted the balance of powers and allowed them to expand outside of the Amhara-Tigray region, and create Ethiopia. They’ve been maintaining this power ever since.
Weren’t there Christian oromos during this time as well? Isn’t half of the Oromo population Muslim ?
 

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Before Meneliks time, Oromo's were big time players inside Ethiopian politics and basically made people Serfs under them.

For a breif period even the language of the Christian Abyssinian court was changed from Amharic to Oromo

But it is mostly the Pagan and Muslim Oromo's that got the brunt of the supression.
 

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