👌 " Very few people really care about freedom, about liberty, about the truth, very few. Very few people have guts, the kind of guts on which a real democracy has to depend. Without people with that sort of guts a free society dies or cannot be born." Doris Lessing, the Golden note book. ************************** ለእኔ አቶ አብዩ ብርሌ አንዱ እፁብ ድንቅ ተምሳሌ ናቸው። እኒህንም በአስተምሯቸው ትውልድና ሐገርን ወደ ከፍታ ማማ ለማሻግር የሚጥሩ ብሩህና አስተዋይ ሰው የሕይዎት ተሞክሮ ስላስደመጣችሁን የፕሮግራሙን አዘጋጆች ከልብ እናመሰግናለን። እማየ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጣቸው እንዲህ በሰላምና በፍቅር የደረጀ ልበ ብርሃንና ታታሪ ልጆች ያብዛልሽ። ከአክብሮት ጋር። 👌
What a wise and brilliant man. My dad was born in Quariet - there might be a big possibility that we're related. Because, the fact that, let's skip my dad's first/last name for now, but his family name was Berlie Kassa. Regardless, I'm proud of you Sir!
Dear Dereje,I heard ur interview wz z author of "Ye- Asimba fikir"and it was very interesting,now wz Geraa,hamble and a gentle man.wow Sunday is so long......I need to hear from the horse's mouth,lovely ,interview.surprised he looks a university lecture not a solder.pls ask him still he is a communist or desolved in American capitalist,?Dear Dereje,u are the best u know why I appreciate u?? because u know how u manage ur interview B's u are the worm of the books,u know very well what u ask and how u challenged,keep my warm greetings to u.
Great to see this person on this program. As per (by the way I may get the answer from your book) the reply from, Colenel Mengistu H/Mariam replied (Genet Ayele book) on the number of casualties that the Dergue regime inflicted on EPRP members. He replied that" the number of killings caused on EPRP members, by TPLF on Assimba, was incomparably higher than we caused. TPLF has massacred a great number EPRP members. Was is true? What did you do? What step did you take to take this to the court?
Amhara fought against the Turks/ Ottomans Amhara fought against Italy Amhara fought against the kings Amhara fought against the Derg Amhara fought the Woyane Amhara is still fighting Against the Gaaddaa Amhara fights for Justice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow, that is very one sided and biased conclussion, the reality is everyone fought equaliy for the betterment of the nation. It is woth mentioning some of pioneers of change such as; Tesfaye Debesai, Zerhu Kuhshin, Abdulmejeed, Baroo Tumsa so on and so forth, to say the least.
@@luk-man7889 Did I say others did not fight????? Did I say it is only Amhara who fought???? I do not want to call you an idiot, but your assertion is idiotic.
You know what i have noticed is that you the highlanders ( your kinds ) are very famous for, is your foul mouthedness, you rush into insult and un nessary confrontation rather than discussion and dialogue. It only shows your suppeficiality and infriority mind set. And for sure i expect more insult, but i will leave it at that.
it is a great news hearing you that you are alive. two of my brohters are dead for E P R P. Do you have any gut to beg the families whom they lost thier loved ones? sorry. since he come and go as a regular intelectual having lost nothing. however you and your comreds were our dreams. Please mr Dereje put this idia forwar to mr ABIYU. WHERE ARE OTHERS? .
Sir,you try until today to defend Welalge Mikonen 😀😀by saying the difference of the time (contemporary period) ,well for me a leader means the personality with Vision eg. Mandela, JFK, Martin Luther king, Tewodros 2nd,Balay zelak, king minlk, king Tuna etc Welelge took shut about his own ethnic even though he had no right those things propagated because his own ethnic, it doesn't represent all his own Family crime He was a person with others ethnic women love 😀😀😀and betrayal his own ethnic Yes,,money, women, power,,have big influence on human beings Views Because of him and others short sighted Views,,Amara suffering today from other ethnic genocide wars Truth shall wine Ethiopia Tekdem
I thought the same thing especially when he talked about his family (dad) 😥😥♥️I really wanna read his book but I don’t know what is the name of his book I can order on Amazon cause I live in America.
Mengesha Ambaw , I agree with you, it is an inherent problem with Dereje, interrupting a response and sometimes answering the question himself. But, I like him and his selection of guests from the 60s and 70s.
@@abyssinian01 this is the best criticism. I like ur word choices. Many people like to insult than give positive criticism. I hope Dereje would listen.thx
I thought Amharas were privileged during Hileselasse Time? 🤔 I grew up during woyane time and it sounds to me like we have been lied to about Hileselasse time. If the Amhara people were beneficiaries why did they rise up to fight Hileselasse's feudal system?
bravo now you understood the truth ...anyone who was searching for ''democarcy'' was trying to change the monarchy with democracy...even though the result ...turned to be worst..
That is why the Amara can proud of by itself, fighting for Democracy Ethiopia not for own ethnic (like TPLF, EPLF,OLF,,ETC) Amara death for Ethiopia in Adewo,not for the interest of Tigery land Amara death for Ethiopia in Balgoba, Harar, Ogden with fighting Somalia Amara death for Ethiopia in Asmara to live with United great Ethiopia Etc.,,, Amara young generation fighting and getting out in the streets of Addis Ababa in name of EPRP for Ethiopia democracy Amara Young generation death in bAdemem for sovereignty of Ethiopia Amara young generation demonstrated for prisoners of oromi(like the so called Bekel gerba)in TPLF period, they got prison for that What ever Amara never deserve those shut from betrayal others ethnic Ethiopia building by Amara blood! And others ethnic groups they suffering today By ethiopians enemies!😀😀😀😀🇪🇹Ethiopia le zelelam Tenure! We scarfed for Ethiopia Democracy until death!!!
The history you have been told is fabricated by evil people first.Second Amhara is not short sighted that keeps silent if he is benefited.Read the history of Wallelgne,birhane meskel ,tilahun gizaw and others.
The revolutionary sprit was inserted in to Haileselassie University by Tegarus and Eritreans who wanted independent Tigray and Eritrea, respectively. Fighting His Majesty was like moving a mountain. So they have to use other students to get strength. Foolish Amara students unfortunately joined the movement and became more revolutionary than the others and became the forefront freedom fighters. Unfortunately it was this foolishness of Amaras that led for the fall of Haileselassie's government. The consequences of the fall of the government was the major reason behind the slaughtering and displacement of Amaras to this date. In a sense Amaras killed themselves for the sake of other ethnic groups who are unfriendly to this date. In the 1960's, Abdul Majid of the now Somali region, told Walelign Mekonnen that he was insulting Amaras when Walelign Mekonnen was leading the movement labeling Amaras as oppressive.
Journalist Dereje I thank you for presenting one of the heroes of the great struggle against the brutal Mengistu and the vicious and murderous Derg. Thank you B Brile Gera, a true hero and true believer. Your discussion of my paintings brought to me great flood of memory. I am still alive and kicking having lived since the 1970s in the United States. I am not painting as much but more focused on writing on issues dealing with philosophy, current political situations, et cetera. Thank you Gera for such wonderful Book, thank you Dereje and keep up your great program. Tecola
Phineaus StClaire Dear Tecola (Professor)! What a surprise! I am very happy to know you are around! We are both lucky to have come this far in our long life journey! What a great impression you left in my youth brain by your beautiful painting! It catches the time so well. I thank you for that historical treasure! I hope you still have that beautiful painting ("ኢትዮጵያዊትዋ")! May be we will meet someday here in US. I will look for you! I wish you a long and rich life! Take Care! ዓቢዩ (ጌራ)
My hero brother Abiyu/Gera, thank you for your warm response, and to answer your enquiry about my painting of the beautiful young Ethiopian girl, I am glad to report that it (along with several of my paintings) is in a safe place with the collection of the Vatican/Trinitarians. I am launching a new project that I have incubated for the last thirty years to paint large scale great Ethiopian personalities and historic events. I shall be announcing the detail of my painting project soon. Let us keep in touch. My gmail is: stclairepmke@gmail.com I now live in Milwaukee, WI having moved from DC a couple of years ago. Let us keep our contact. Keep well, Gera. Tecola
Abeiyu...what a story!! For those of us who grew up in those days, this interview generated a nostalgia of days that we once knew!! I can't wait to read your book. Thank you for sharing your rich experience!!
Some even ask whether there was oppression based on race. People foreign to our area came and became lords. The locals were enslaved. If you are honest journalist you should cover that too.
