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Oromo

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Oromo or Galla , traditionally pastoral tribes who live in W and S Ethiopia and part of Kenya. They number about 20 million and are largely Muslim. Originally from N Somalia, they later migrated to the region of Lake Turkana (Lake Rudolf). In the mid-16th cent. they began to move into the Ethiopian highlands. Never a united group, they were not a serious threat to the Ethiopian state. Their raids, however, were a considerable nuisance, and they were able to establish small states in many areas nominally controlled by the Ethiopian emperor. They were used as mercenary soldiers by the... Read more
Oromo
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia ...intermarried with other peoples since the 16th century. Traditionally the Oromo were nomadic herders, but today most are settled agriculturalists. Politically...divided among Islam, the Ethiopian Orthodox faith, and traditional beliefs. Oromo Oromo Oromo Read more
Oromos
Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...LANGUAGE: Afaan Oromoo RELIGION: Original Oromo religion (Waaqa); Islam; Christianity 1...before the official end of their term. Oromo women had a parallel institution known...institution promoted gender equality in Oromo society. Gada closely connected the social... Read more

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The emergence of Oromo nationalism and Ethiopian reaction.
Magazine article from: Social Justice; 9/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; The Oromo national movement has evolved from scattered...emergence of a few nationalist and revolutionary Oromo intellectual and professional groups played a decisive role in transforming the Oromo struggle and providing it with an organized... Read more
Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse: the search for freedom and democracy.(Review)
Magazine article from: Africa; 3/22/2001; ; 700+ words ; ASAFA JALATA (ed.), Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse: the search...contemporary understanding and the historical development of Oromo nationalism. The volume continues the work on Oromo identity and history undertaken by Oromo historians... Read more
The Oromo in Exile: From the Horn of Africa to the Suburbs of Australia
Magazine article from: The Australian Journal of Anthropology; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; Greg Gow. The Oromo in Exile: From the Horn of Africa to the...about the book, at least from a native Oromo person's perspective, is the choice of...author reproduces a striking picture of an Oromo mother suckling her child. A mother symbolises... Read more
Sisai Ibssa Dies at 60; Advocate For the Oromo People of Africa
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/15/2005; ; 559 words ; ...championed the cause of nationalism for the Oromo people of the Horn of Africa, died Aug...he advocated national liberation for the Oromo people, who number 30 million in Ethiopia...self-determination. In 1974, Mr. Ibssa founded the first Oromo organization in North America, known then... Read more
Oromo language congregation settles in
Newspaper article from: Oakland Tribune; 5/17/2007; ; 542 words ; ...Easter Sunday, a holiday of beginnings, the Oromo Evangelical Lutheran Church held its first...Good Shepherd Lutheran in Fremont. The Oromo group, who come from Ethiopia in East Africa...Worship services are conducted in the Oromo language, which some 30 million to 40 million... Read more
Oromo Lutherans celebrate a birthday; 100 years ago, slave in Ethiopia translated Bible.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 12/20/1999; ; 525 words ; 1/3 The small but growing Oromo community in the Twin Cities celebrated a unique anniversary Sunday night: 100 years since an Oromo slave translated the Bible into the Oromo language. The 35 million Oromo people, an ethnic group... Read more
Fighting against the Injustice of the State and Globalization: Comparing the African American and Oromo Movements
Magazine article from: African Studies Review; 12/1/2003; ; 677 words ; ...Globalization: Comparing the African American and Oromo Movements. New York: Palgrave, 2001. viii...American nationalism in the United States and Oromo nationalism in Ethiopia is an intriguing...from the author's long-term dedication to Oromo studies and scholarly interest in the constructions... Read more
Greg Gow, The Oromo in Exile: From the Horn of Africa to the Suburbs of Australia.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Australian Studies; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...detailed and lengthy research into the exiled Oromo community in Melbourne is groundbreaking...and postcolonial theories to analyse the Oromo's performance of traditional practices...compelling story of Melbourne's exiled Oromo community and Gow's creative postmodern... Read more
'Marching for the people ... arrested back home'; Oromo people marched to the State Capitol to raise awareness about human rights violations in Ethiopia.(NEWS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 7/27/2007; ; 375 words ; ...in Ethiopia was incorrectly described. Oromo people do have representatives in the parliament. Two thousand Oromo people, part of the largest ethnic group...Last week and this week have been declared Oromo Week in Minnesota. We're marching for the... Read more
Comparing the African American and Oromo movements in the global context.
Magazine article from: Social Justice; 3/22/2003; ; 700+ words ; THE AFRICAN AMERICAN AND OROMO MOVEMENTS HAVE BEEN ANTICOLONIAL struggles...of Ethiopia. The African American and Oromo ethnonational minority groups are similar...segregation, and underdevelopment, the Oromo movement emerged to fight Ethiopian settler... Read more

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