The Sidama nation and its people had long history, vibrant culture and democratic system of governance based on councils and periodic elections to authority. In the 1890s, upon forced incorporation into the then Abyssinia, all of these were made subservient to autocratic, unitary assimilationist rule. 

Since then, the Sidama history is one of resistance and struggle against tyranny imposed by Ethiopian colonialism. 

The Sidama people are struggling for freedom, democracy and national self-determination.

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