April 25, 2011
Note: this is a response to Fiker Yibeltal´s [1] recent article in which he claimed that Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and his comrades use witchcraft/sorcery to rule over the Ethiopian people without facing any challenges.
I am not sure if such stories are true but there is no doubt that some people would submit to the devil in their passionate pursuit for money and status. As a person who grew up in a region where people devote much attention to sorcery and witchcraft, I cannot dismiss your approach as "unscientific" and "superstitious." For one thing, my Sabbath Congregation preachers have taught me that devil comes in many forms and shapes and it won´t be surprising that some confused people would resort to the devil and his kingdom for whatsoever reason.
But what makes me even more curious is the fact that many of the sorcerers and "debteras" who are said to be helping the business people and the politicians to prosper and amass much wealth and power are dirty poor and many of them barefooted. Why cannot they make themselves rich, powerful and wealthy if they have the very wisdom and key for fortune?
As for your mention about the Sudanese sorcerer who gave Meles Zenawi a blind donkey (!), how come s/he cannot help Al Bashir to rule over the black South without facing any threat of secession or help the South for an easy, a cakewalk victory over the Arab North? Though I understand that witchcraft, sorcery or whatever may cause some good and bad miracles at individual, family level, I do not believe that Meles Zenawi´s donkey would condemn the whole nation for eternal slavery and subjugation. The problems are elsewhere. Otherwise Emperor Haile Selassie´s alleged "qorit" would not be overwhelmed by a mere vociferous collection of students.Continued
I am not sure if such stories are true but there is no doubt that some people would submit to the devil in their passionate pursuit for money and status. As a person who grew up in a region where people devote much attention to sorcery and witchcraft, I cannot dismiss your approach as "unscientific" and "superstitious." For one thing, my Sabbath Congregation preachers have taught me that devil comes in many forms and shapes and it won´t be surprising that some confused people would resort to the devil and his kingdom for whatsoever reason.
But what makes me even more curious is the fact that many of the sorcerers and "debteras" who are said to be helping the business people and the politicians to prosper and amass much wealth and power are dirty poor and many of them barefooted. Why cannot they make themselves rich, powerful and wealthy if they have the very wisdom and key for fortune?
As for your mention about the Sudanese sorcerer who gave Meles Zenawi a blind donkey (!), how come s/he cannot help Al Bashir to rule over the black South without facing any threat of secession or help the South for an easy, a cakewalk victory over the Arab North? Though I understand that witchcraft, sorcery or whatever may cause some good and bad miracles at individual, family level, I do not believe that Meles Zenawi´s donkey would condemn the whole nation for eternal slavery and subjugation. The problems are elsewhere. Otherwise Emperor Haile Selassie´s alleged "qorit" would not be overwhelmed by a mere vociferous collection of students.Continued
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