Dr Kabajaa Artistii Lammaa Guyyaa fi ManFakkii (Gallery) isaa: Renowned Oromo/ African Artist (painter), Dr Artist Lammaa Guyyaa Gammadaa August 4, 2015
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Seenaa fi Hojilee Dr Kabajaa Artist Lammaa Guyyaa fi ManFakkii (Gallery) isaa argarsiisu kanan bohaara.
Dr Artist Lamma Guya Gammadaa (Lemma Guya Gemeda) is a renowned Oromo contemporary Artist (painter). His love for art was grown in him while he was a shepherd in his boyhood. He was born from his father Obbo Guyyaa Gammadaa and his mother Aadde Maare Goobana in 1929 in Oromia, Eastern Shewa, Ada’aa Liban district, Bishoftu, Dalloo village. Lemma was a second child of 5.
Until he was 14, he was engaged in traditional games like shooting the circles by sword, boxes, climbing trees, swimming water and so on. Lemma was unique from his friend in that he always tries to practice painting different pictures and sculptures in his family wall by mixing soil, lime and ashes. He made sculptures on the wall of his family. Because of he was talentful, he was loved and respected among his parents, neighbor and friends.
When Lemma’s age reached for education, he did not go to school, rather his father made him to herd cattle as it was obvious. Due to a pressure from a friend of his father, Lemma started school, at around 14 in Bishooftu. He was admitted to teachers training college of Adama in 1943. But because of his interest in the army he left the college and joined the Ethiopian air force. During all this time, he continued developing his art skills and continued drawings different pictures. In the air force, he was employed as a general mechanics after he admirably completed training.
He taught as airplane technician in the air force. Even though he was working in the air force and gaining good salary, Lemma did not give up to develop his skill.
Lemma Guya pioneered skin-mounted portraits and those of a host of Heads of State across Africa. He is an expert in painting portraits on goat skin. His paintings have been exhibited and sold successfully in various countries of the world in Africa, North America and and winning him numerous prizes and awards. He is also the author of a book entitled,”Teaching yourself Art”. His drawing techniques were all learned from childhood. His style is generally realistic where he draws pictures of different geographical landscapes and humans in an easy and comprehensible manner. Most of his works are paintings on hides, parchments fur and boards that are related to his own life. He has also taught his 5 children (3 daughters and 2 sons) to follow in his footsteps. All 5 are good painters like their father.
He has built and the owner of Africa Art Gallery in Bishoftu, Oromia. The Gallery was established in 1983 and also known as Lemma Guya Art Gallery.
Lammaa Guyyaa Gammadaa aadaa fi jireennya saba Oromoo fi saboota biroo fakkii dhaan mul’isuun waggaa 50 oliif hojjechaa jira. Dandeettii isaatiin biyyaa keenyaaf adunnyaa irratti beekamtii guddaa argateeraa. Keessattuu rifeensa utuu irraa hin kaasiin gogaa irratti fakkii (Suuraa) hojjechuun beekama. Jiruu isaa kan adunyaa hawwate kanasi Afirkaa fi addunyaa kana irraa hedduutu bira dhufanii leenjii argachaa turan, itti jirus.
Dr Artist Lammaa Guyyaa Gammadaa Abbaa Manfakki Artii Afirka yoo ta’uu, manni Manfakkii kun Kabajaa fi yaadannoo Nelson Mandeellaf hojjetame. Wiirtuun Artii Lammaa Guuyaa namni hunduu akka barumsa irraa argataaniif yeroo hundaa hundumaaf tajaajila kenna. Dr Kabajaa Artistii Lammaa Guyyaa Gammadaa kan dhalate bara 1929 handhuura Oromiyyaa konnyaa Ada’aa Liban, Bishooftuu ganda Dalloo tti. Abbaan isaa Obbo Guyyaa Gammadaa, haati isaa immoo Aadde Maaree Goobanaa ti. Ijoolleen isaa Dubara sadii fii dhira lama yoo ta’ani shananuu jiruu aartii irratti bobba’anii jiru. Jiruu isaa kanaaf Hadoollessa bara 2015 Umbarsitii Jimmaa irra Doktorummaa kabaajaa argatee jiraa.
Reinventing the current growth model: The need to rework the current economic system to serve all of humanity rather than an elite few August 4, 2015
Posted by OromianEconomist in Economics, Economics: Development Theory and Policy applications, Growth and Inequqlity.Tags: Africa is not rising, Economic growth, economics, poverty, Poverty and Inequality
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Although the grievances voiced differed from country to country and from region to region, the belief that the incumbent economic and political system was characterised by inequity and injustice was common to all.
If we are to avoid large-scale societal upheavals in this ultra-connected world, government, business and civil society must come together to rework the current economic system to serve all of humanity rather than just an elite few.
– Fergus Simpson, The Guardian
We need to rework the current economic system to serve all of humanity rather than an elite few, writes Xyntéo’s Fergus Simpson
January saw leading figures from business, government and civil society gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos. A broad spectrum of subjects were debated, including the prospect of a legally binding climate change agreement in Paris this December, Ebola and the nefarious advance of the Islamic State in Mesopotamia. I was particularly encouraged to see one topic keep cropping up – the crisis of burgeoning disparities in wealth.
In a report released in the runup to Davos, Oxfam predicted that within two years the richest 1% of people will have accumulated more wealth than the remaining 99%. The same study found that the wealth of the richest 80 billionaires has continued to increase since 2010, while the wealth of the poorest half has decreased over the same time period. The gap between the haves and the have-nots is growing.
History has taught us that there are moments when people rise up to make a point and say that enough is enough and times must change.
On 25 January 2011, the world witnessed one such moment – pro-democracy protesters occupied Tahrir square in Egypt’s capital, Cairo, demanding self-determination, equality of opportunity and freedom from the shackles of tyranny and oppression. Some 17 long days of demonstrations and civil disobedience followed, bringing the moribund autocracy of longtime Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak to an end.
This event formed part of a much broader social movement that swept across North Africa and the Middle East, toppling sclerotic regimes and corrupt dictators. Before long people in Spain, Greece, the UK and US took to the streets as well. Although the grievances voiced differed from country to country and from region to region, the belief that the incumbent economic and political system was characterised by inequity and injustice was common to all.
And it isn’t just the poor who have been affected – the middle classes have also borne the burden of mushrooming inequalities. Companies have tended to become more productive since the 1970s, but the incomes of middle class workers have remained largely static. Returns from higher productivity have tended to go to owners and investors, not to the workers.
In many ways, inequality has become the defining issue of our time. The popular uprisings that shook the Arab world at the start of this decade were just symptoms of this most elemental of societal ills.
Fortunately, there is no reason to suppose this state of affairs is inevitable.
A promising step forward was announced at Davos, when Ajay Banga, CEO of GLTE partner MasterCard, and Donald Kaberuka, president of the African Development Bank, revealed that they intend to collaborate to foster inclusive growth in Africa.
The MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion, funded by an $11m (£7.24m) grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, aims to enable more people to access banking services – generating greater equality of opportunity across the world, in developed and developing countries alike. The initiative will soon begin operations in Nairobi, Kenya, and aims to reach over 100 million people globally.
Technological advancements can support the implementation of projects designed to promote inclusive growth, such as the MasterCard Labs for Financial Inclusion. Digital innovations in payment systems and social media, for example, have enabled people to access markets, ideas and information to an extent that is unprecedented in human history.
Indeed, it has been said that the Egyptian revolution started when Whael Ghonim, a marketing executive at Google, saw the bloodied remains of Khaled Mohamed Said – a young man bludgeoned to death by the Egyptian police – pictured on Facebook. Incensed by the injustice that confronted him, Whael created the Facebook page “Kullena Khaled Said” – “We Are All Khaled Said”. Three months later 250,000 people had joined the page. Just one year later the Mubarak regime was no more.
If we are to avoid large-scale societal upheavals in this ultra-connected world, government, business and civil society must come together to rework the current economic system to serve all of humanity rather than just an elite few.
At Xyntéo, we are convinced that the current growth model has become out of date – incapable of meeting the demographic, climate and resource demands of today. Together with our partners, we believe that global business, with its clout, resources and energy, is uniquely placed to overcome this challenge. To us this means reinventing the current growth model so it brings prosperity to much larger numbers of people.
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