Colonialism, abyssinia, oromo, ethiopia, liberation movement. The protestant mission and the oromo in the nineteenth century fig. The history, way of life, political and religious institutions, and even the name of the. This electronic text file was created by optical character recognition ocr. The history of finfinne addis ababa in a way reflects the way the oromo people were conquered, robbed off their land and properties, reduced to serfs and slaves, and kept under inhuman subjugation. The purpose of this paper is to make known historical development of written afaan oromo to 1900. History of oromo wollega oromo research papers academia. Historical significances of odaa with special reference to walaabuu. Gada theory and practices by geremew nigatu kassa, m. Exploring new political alternatives for the oromo in ethiopia. Linguistic groups identified as natives to the region they presently occupy are.
Unesco gada system, an indigenous democratic socio. Pdf the origins of the galla and somali researchgate. Early history of written oromo language up to 1900 tesfaye tolessa department of history and heritage management, college of social sciences, wollega university, post box no. Gada is a traditional system of governance used by the oromo people in ethiopia developed from knowledge gained by community experience over generations. Although there are few written academic materials pertaining to the typologies of oromo personal names, a great number of oromo oral literature surrounding the subject do exist, and are commonly in. Oromo struggle and the macha tulama association 1963 1967. Asafa jalata the oromo movement is engaging in struggle to empower the oromo people in order to. The oromo peoples struggle, glory and praise to those who scarified their lives, has reached a. Older and subsequent colonial era documents mention the oromo people as galla, which has now developed derogatory connotations, but these documents were generally written by members of other ethnic groups. Nature based selfsufficient culture of oromo with its own unique moral principles, norms. The people call themselves oromo, and prefer to be called so. The large majority of respondents disagreed with the statements that most minnesota residents know about oromo culture and history 88% disagreed and oromo people. Although oromummaa emerges from oromo cultural and historical foundations, it goes beyond culture and history in providing a liberative narrative for the future of the oromo nation as well as the future of other oppressed peoples, particularly those who suffer under the ethiopian empire.
The origins and prehistory of the oromo people prior to the 16th century are based on oromo oral tradition. The political and military struggle of the oromo people led by the oromo liberation front olf has contributed to the survival of the oromo people from centuryold subjugation, oppression and exploitation. In ethiopia, home to the majority of east african oromo, the main celebration of irreecha in october coincides with the end of the summer rainy season. The oromo nation is east africas largest ethnic group for its cultural, spiritual and social values. History of the galla oromo of ethiopia top results of your surfing history of the galla oromo of ethiopia start download portable document format pdf and ebooks electronic books free online rating news 20162017 is books that can provide inspiration, insight, knowledge to the reader. We are now making these documents available as a cmi report. I love history as a subject, to learn how people lived and interacted in the past, why they went to war against each other, how they made peace and developed their respective nations. Irreecha the colors, the identity and the pride of oromo.
The system regulates political, economic, social and religious activities of the community dealing with issues such as conflict resolution, reparation and protecting womens rights. See more ideas about books, oromo people and cd card. The sociocultural origin of hieroglyphics and writing systems has never adequately been explained. This revisionary account of the oromo people and the christian kingdom of ethiopia. By fikre tolossa i gave my word last night to ato zewge fanta and wondimu mekonnen that i would provide briefly the genealogy of the amara. Oromo women are assisted in pregnancy and childbirth by female neighbors or female elders. The oromo people are the largest ethnic group in ethiopia, representing about 30 million people out of 60 million, and are the third largest nationality in africa. A and assefa tolera addis ababa university, ethiopia abstract the present paper is a descriptive study of marriage ceremonies and types of marriage among gidda oromo, northern wollega, ethiopia. Sample notes on the oromo migration to central and northern ethiopia and their contribution to the history of their country getatchew haile introduction it is an accepted fact that there is no ethnic group in ethiopia whose primary origin is its present settlement.
Afaan oromoo is an afroasiatic language native to the ethiopian state of oromia and spoken predominantly by the oromo people and neighbouring ethnic groups in the horn of africa with 33. The following summary information was adopted from the book by gadaa melbaa, oromia. Oromia, ethiopia, oromo boranaarsiguji, afroasiatic 1. This paper was presented at oromo study association osa annual conference at the university of minnesota, usa, on 14 th15 july 2012 as a contribution to the effort to. A remarkable chapter of german research history the. Oromos meeting to discuss social affairs under the shades of an odaa sycamore tree. The history of finfinne reflects the way the oromo people. View history of oromo wollega oromo research papers on academia. The gada system has been practiced for centuries and remains functional into the present among all of the major clans such as borana, guji, gabra, karrayu, arsi, afran qallo, ituu, humbana, tulama and macha clans of the oromo nation. Since oromo scholars and others have been discouraged or prohibited by the ethiopian colonial state from documenting oromo oral traditions, adequate information is lacking. Oromos depend mainly on family and community education to transmit knowledge to the younger generation.
Kaawoo gadaa national gadaa assembly of oromia anaa 8 konyaa 10 finfinnee, oromia email. Prior to colonization of oromia, the present day addis ababa had an oromo name finfinne. The oromo had at that time a form of constitutional government known as gada. Stage the members were educated in oromo history, military strategy, law, and. The oromo nation is the community concerned with the gada system. Oromo history began in the sixteenth century when the oromo were actively recapturing their territories and rolling back the christian and muslim empires. The people neither call themselves or like to be called by this name. This is a mini documentary about the oromo people that i produced and presented on annual refugee film festival 20 at british film institute bfi. An introduction to the history of the oromo people, 1999.
Request pdf on oct 1, 2016, gebissa and others published the oromo and the. Asafa jalata in the formation and development of individual or collective identity, the social condition is an objective agent, arising from economic, political, social and cultural aspects which are characteristic of the growth and history of the society in question. Due to the dominant role of oral history, oromo historiography requires a thorough and. Bahrey, abba, zahanu le galla history of the galla, in some records of. The recent discovery, lynch and robbins, 1978, in northern kenya of the pillars that oromo used in the invention of their calendar system, dated around 300 b. The gada system is a class system that succeeds each other every eight years in assuming politico military administration, economic.
This information is based on on my reading of ethiopian history and metsehafe djan shewa, an ancient ethiopian manuscript in. Pdf this study presents a reconstruction of the origins and major. Historical significances of odaa with special reference to. Similarly, abbaa bahrey 1993 who is said to have been the author of zenaw lahula oromo written in 1593 employed many oromo names and terminologies like gadaa, malbaa, muudana. The oromo people is the largest of the cushitic speaking groups of people in africa and also the largest ethinic group of ethiopia.
Oromo struggle and the machatulama association 19631967 opride the establishment of the machatulama association as an ingenious civic institution was an event of great drama, creativity and accomplishment that captured the imagination of the oromo public in 1963 and continues to fascinate. An account of the struggle of the oromo people to affirm their place in history. Marriage practices among the gidda oromo, northern. An introduction to the history of the oromo people. Typology of oromo personal names advocacy for oromia. Yet, if history is to be our guide, such a development will give way inevitably to renewed national unity as the logic of geography, economics, tradition, and political culture once again come to dominate politics. The aim of this paper is primarily to investigate the significances of odaa the holy sycamore tree in gadaa system and to underscore the significance of madda walaabuu in the sociopolitical and religious life of the oromo. Thus, thinking that the oromo history before the sixteenth century migration. It was established in the 1960s as a selfhelp club dedicated to promoting oromo selfidentity and providing basic infrastructures like school, health facilities, roads and water supplies to the oromo people. The effects of state terrorism and globalization in oromia and ethiopia paper presented at the conference on new directions in critical criminology, university of tennessee, knoxville, tennessee, may 6. Oromia is a title used to refer to the oromo as a political, cultural, and social entity. All activities and life of each and every member of the oromo was guided by an egalitarian socio economic and political structure of the society called the gada system. In the process an imagined community has become an imagined pristine nationstate, comprised only of oromo, a development that.
The oromo make up a significant portion of the horn of africa population. Ebook history of the galla oromo of ethiopia as pdf. Oromo struggle and the machatulama association 1963 1967 opride the establishment of the machatulama association as an ingenious civic institution was an event of great drama, creativity and accomplishment that captured the imagination of the oromo public in 1963 and continues to fascinate. This study deals mainly with the history of the oromo of the area the gibe region. They always called themselves oromoo or oromoota plural. Mecha and tulama selfhelp association is named after two of the major borana oromo clans mecha and tulama. The region has common border with all regional states of the federal democratic republic of ethiopia, except tigray national regional state. This is a comprehensive study of key oromo actors in the central ethiopia traditional provinces of wallo and shawa, specifically the mammadoch of wallo and the tulama of shawa during the reigns of emperors tewodros ii r. The oromo and the christian kingdom of ethiopia 01700.
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