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Alison Phipps, UNESCO Chair: Refugee Integration through Languages and Arts, University of Glasgow

Haacaaluu Hundeesaa: sublime Ethiopian singer who inspired Oromo struggle protesters

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I speak to myself whispering
Our situation has defied resolution, our misery isn’t improving
We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering.

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.

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