Regional Governor, Yusuf Shiekdon Ali

While the university was shut down, my brother continued his work as regional governor advocating for agrarian reform from the feudal system that was currently in place. We, the Oromos did enjoy a good life with the Emporer yet we also suffered because we were not part of the ruling ethnic group. We were landless yet nomadic yet in transition to be settled. The art and music of Haile Sallasies time was like no other and I revist the classics of yesteryear. The music of the day was the best. However, while the Emporer was beginning his annual feast for the "village" of Ethiopia, there were people in the outer regions who were sick and hungry...isolated from the benefits of living in the capitol, near the Imperial Palace of privilege. Change was in the air, yet we had no idea just how devastating the change would be.