Ayantu Ayana

Producer @odaacity, an attempt at meaningful conversations on #HornofAfrica|diaspora | Stuck between identity politics & fatal patriotism | Hopeful Pessimist.

Editor of #Oromoprotests in Ethiopia and Etorea Review

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Ayantu Ayana

Aug 22, 2014 · 2 min read

Exile, Music and Identity —An Interview with Aar Maanta

The former refugee from Ogaden talks music and longing for home

Soon after Aar Maanta arrived in the UK from Somalia in the late-1980s as a child, his homeland…

Ayantu Ayana in Etorea Review

Aug 21, 2014 · 1 min read

Language, Belonging and Identity

Should the inability to speak the language disqualify my Oromo identity?

Compiled public tweets.

Ayantu Ayana in Etorea Review

Aug 20, 2014 · 2 min read

TYPOLOGIES OF NATIONALISMS IN ETHIOPIA

(OPride) – Over the last several weeks, a lot has been said on both sides of the “I am Oromo first” and “I am Ethiopian first” divide. But very little about why people choose those positions.