The oromo liberation front will respect and honor all decisions the oromo people and other peoples in ethiopia will make using their rights of self determination. History of oromo wollega oromo research papers academia. Wollega university also provides medical laboratory science training. The oromo studies association 33rd annual conference. Every oromo or amhara who lives in harar would say the same i am a citizen of harar. It is a myth created by abyssinian court historians and monks, sustained by their european supporters and which the ethiopian rulers used to lay claim on oromo territory and justify their. As part of the dergues 10year development plan, these relocations are labeled as two distinct but related programs. Pdf the new gojjame rule and the oromo resistance in abbay. A history, 1570 to 1860 1990, and the coauthor of the machatulama. 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. Ethiopia, from finfinne addis ababa to adama and its consequences mr chairman and distinguished delegates, although, the oromo constitute the majority 50%, more than 30 million of the population in ethiopia, their participation in political. Research article open access expansion and settlement of.
Wollega and its people are not as some people might think. Research article open access expansion and settlement of the. View history of oromo wollega oromo research papers on academia. View academics in history of oromo wollega oromo on academia. Personal and geographical names in amharic and in oromiffa, such as moroda, tolessa, jimma or wollega, are written in a simplified form using common english spelling, so as to make the text easily accessible for both oromo and non oromo, amharic and nonamharic readers.
The oromo as recorded in ethiopian literature 25 reconstruction of oromo national identity. Exploring new political alternatives for the oromo in ethiopia. It is also the seat of an apostolic vicariate of the roman catholic church. It is a system that organizes the oromo people into groups or sets about 711 that assumes different responsibilities in the society every eight years. The oromo expansion in history and macha oral traditions.
Oromoafricanblack and my scholarly interests as a critical social scientist. Together they constitute one of the largest mass movements of people. It is of great importance for us to know more about the process of formation of the people. The oral sources were collected during my seminar research of 2012 and fieldwork from januarymarch 20.
Historical facts assure jimmawellega never belong to oromia federalism form of government in ethiopia based on ethnicity is fake, disproportionately dividing lands with no meaningful manner. The article deals, among other things with the traditions of origin, early patterns of expansion and settlements of shinasha. Oromo struggle and the macha tulama association 1963 1967. As government repression continued against them, the oromo protesters raised questions about freedom and democracy and whether these existed in ethiopia. It is a burial place of onesimos nesib, a famous oromo who translated the bible to oromo language for the first time, in collaboration with aster ganno. The this paper discusses the african traditional religion with a particular reference to the oromo indigenous religion, waaqeffannaa in ethiopia. Volume iii, issue iv, april 2016 ijrsi issn 2321 oromo. Department of history and heritage management, college of social science and humanities, bule hora university. This paper first provides the historical background for. The year 1870s was a turning point in the history of the oromo of abbay choman in particular and horro guduru in general because it was a period when gadaa system with indigenous practice starts being destructed. Oromia, ethiopia, oromo boranaarsiguji, afroasiatic 1.
Every gurage, oromo, or amhara who lives for example in wollo would say ine ye wollo liji negne, i am a c itizen of wollo. Guduru district 2474 km2 is the third largest district in east wellega zone bordering west shewa in the east, jimma horro and abay chomen in the west, amhara regional state in the north and west shewa and jimma rare in the south. 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. The findings of this study would help to understand, nurture, promote and preserve historical. Journal of languages and culture destruction of abbay. Dark side of oromo expansions and menelik conquests. They are the largest ethnic group in ethiopia and represent 34.
Traditional oromo attitudes towards the environment 23 extremely generated on account of our colonia exposure momoh 1996,62. During the dark days of the 19841985 famine, ethiopia made plans to relocate virtually its entire rural population somewhere between 33 and 37 million people by the 1990s. Afan oromo is the most widely spoken language in wollega. 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. The organisation intended to call itself all ethiopian, but was forced by legal requirements for registering to use the term amhara as identification. Stage the members were educated in oromo history, military strategy, law, and. Religion wise, the people in wollega are christians mainly of protestant church, followed by orthodox and islam. Diversity, knowledge and use of traditional medicinal. Females voice through oral poetry among limmuu oromo. After renovations, the institution is expected to accommodate 12,000 students. Located in the east welega zone of the oromia region, nekemte has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2,088 meters. This paper is a historical survey of the oromo of wollega from the.
Indigenous mechanisms of preserving sacred natural sites in. Marriage practices among the gidda oromo, northern wollega, ethiopia gemechu beyene tuskegee university, alabama, u. Oromia, ethiopia, oromo boranaarsiguji, afroasiatic. This study deals mainly with the history of the oromo of the area the gibe region. Their original homeland, oromia, included most of what is now ethiopia and stretched into northern kenya, where some oromos still live. Expansion and settlement of the limmu oromo in east wollega according to different written literature, the oromo expansion was undertaken by different groups, subgroups. If damot did exist on mecha and tulamma land prior to oromo, the damot are authorized to question, not the invading amharas. It aimed to explore status of waaqeffannaa religion in interreligious interaction. Nevertheless, researching the history of the oromo we found a strong antagonistic prejudice towards the people from the part of amharatigray society. A history of modern ethiopia, addis abeb a univrsity press, adis ababa.
Further more, it shaped their philosophy, art, history and method of time. Socioeconomic status of handicraft women among macca oromo of west wallaga, southwest ethiopia. This system has guided the religious, social political and economic life of the oromos for many years. The purpose of this paper is to make known historical development of written afaan oromo to 1900. Oromo and amhara ethnic groups living in a cluster of villages found in yaso, on the border with oromia region of haro limu district of east wollega zone were targeted by. The study was conducted in guduru at horo guduru wollega zone, oromia region, southwestern ethiopia. Star journal is an official international journal of wollega university, ethiopia and wollega university through star journal supports openaccess to the published output of research as fundamental parts of its vision, mission and public benefit to be encouraged wherever possible main characteristics of. I was invited both to the house of amhara settlers and oromo dwellers of the. The oromo also divided the gumuz and their land among different oromo clans. Shifting trajectories of interethnic relations in western. Oromo killed, displaced after attack from benishangulgumuz peaceful protests take place at many universities across oromia s everal people were killed on nov. Academics in history of oromo wollega oromo academia. To realize these goals, the oromo liberation front will work with all peoples and political forces that accept the democratic principles and rule of law.
The ruling junta tigray liberation fronttplf annexed lands. The oromo people constitute the largest ethnic group in ethiopia, or about 30 million people out of a total population of 60 million. Historical facts assure jimmawellega never belong to oromia. The history of finfinne reflects the way the oromo people. Other topics discussed include bahreys work at the court of ethiopian emperor sarsa dengel, bahreys christian nationalism, and his use of. Destruction of abbay choman oromo indigenous practice due to. Of course, there is also significant number of waqeffata oromo traditional belief in one waqa or god in this province. Resettlement and villagization tools of militarization.
For most ethiopian and ethiopianist scholars, oromo history began in. Hence, some of the gumuz clans even began to be called by the names of oromo clans cited in berihun 2004. Pdf center periphery relations in ethiopian empire. The story begins at a time when the medieval christian kingdom of abyssinia was rapidly disintegrating and ends shortly before the creation of the modern ethiopian empire. Human rights abuses and political repression in ethiopias.
It was named for the wollega oromo, who are the majority of the population within its boundaries wollega was bordered on the west by sudan, on the north by the abbay river which separated it from gojjam, on the east by shewa, on the southeast by kaffa, and. Star journal is an official international journal of wollega university, ethiopia and wollega university through star journal supports openaccess to the published output of research as fundamental parts of its vision, mission and public benefit to be encouraged wherever possible main characteristics of the journal are. Wollega area in western ethiopia inhabited by the wollega oromo. Nov 02, 20 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, london. 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. Other topics discussed include bahreys work at the court of ethiopian emperor sarsa dengel, bahreys christian nationalism, and his use of oromo terminology in the manuscript. It also explores the history and culture of the shinasha and oromo. The impact of the manuscript on the ways in which the oromo came to be discussed in ethiopian historiography is then assessed. He identified three gods, such as the ancestors and founders of the clan, the god of the water, mountain, forest or desert and the god of the. That is how the primary identification of ethiopians has been formed. This report is in several ways different from most others in this series. The institution features 32 departments, with additional facilities planned. 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. The oromo people were also subject to a heavily armed federal statesponsored police force fighting alongside agazi security forces.
Golgaa naaf tae manni keenew afan oromo wollega university. Apr 17, 2014 the truth is ethiopian history is less siginificant, irrelevant and full of mythology. The ruling junta tigray liberation fronttplf annexed lands of amhara, wekayt tegede,afar tribes as if itsown tigray region. This paper deals with the destruction of oromo indigenous practices under gojjame rule. Nov 10, 2018 oromo killed, displaced after attack from benishangulgumuz peaceful protests take place at many universities across oromia s everal people were killed on nov. Like the gumuz of metekel, the gumuz in wollega resisted the steady encroachment to. Indigenous mechanisms of preserving sacred natural sites. The wollega oromo the oromo groupings who inhabit the presentday.
Organized groups armed with guns and knives killed several civilians based on their ethnicity in yaso district of benishangulgumuz region on thursday night, november 23, voice of americas mukitar jemal reported. The oromo studies association 33rd annual conference program. The history of the arrival of the oromo people in the sixteenth century in east africa from outside is a fabrication and denial of historical facts. Tarekegn chimdi on forced change of the capital city of the state of oromia. 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. Marriage practices among the gidda oromo, northern. Oromos speak the oromo language as their mother tongue also called afaan oromoo and oromiffa, which is part of the cushitic. Several killed by police in nekemte after protest over. Oromo history began in the sixteenth century when the oromo were actively recapturing their territories and rolling back the christian and muslim empires. Ethnicity and local identity in the folklore of the south. The truth is ethiopian history is less siginificant, irrelevant and full of mythology. Nekemte was the capital of the former welega province, and is home to a museum of wollega oromo culture. Diversity, knowledge and use of traditional medicinal plants.