When Falsehoods Wear Fancy Fonts: The Absurdity of Manufactured Maps
There’s something truly ironic about attempts to rewrite history—how they often stumble on the very tools they try to wield. A case […]
Category: History
OLF and TPLF: Major Issues and Outcomes of a Decade of Negotiations since 1991
Source: From a Presentation by Abiyu Geleta, Oromo Studies Association Conference of 2002 in Washington, DC. I. Introduction This is a brief […]
How rescued Ethiopian slaves came to fight for Britain in the Anglo-Boer war
Date: 28/01/2021Author: Martin Plaut3 Comments The background to this story is told in a BBC report. A group of Ethiopian slaves were […]
Oromia: The country at the crossroads of history
By Leenjiso Horo December, 2020 A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without […]
Forms of Political Systems: Unitary, Federalism, Confederalism, and the Oromo question
By Leenjiso Horo, April 2020 The great mass of the people are the foundation of the state. People are the basis of […]
The Legacy of the Past on Ethiopia’s Modern Political Life
Source: http://roape.net/2020/03/12/the-legacy-of-the-past-on-ethiopias-modern-political-life/ By John Markakis Ethiopian historiography has long featured a claim to exceptionalism based on the country’s many distinctive features: a […]
Middleman: A prime minister torn between rival camps is increasingly acting in his own interests
Source: https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/2019/12/18/middleman/ Viewpoint Middleman December 18, 2019 by Mebratu Kelecha A prime minister torn between rival camps is increasingly acting in his […]
The Case for a National Council of Oromia
First published August 9, 2018 | by Assefa Tefera Dibaba In the past, on another platform (at OSA Conference, July 2016, Washington […]
Warnings over ‘Africa’s Yugoslavia’ as Ethiopia coup attempt heightens risk of violent Balkan-style split
By Adrian Blomfield, AFRICA CORRESPONDENT 30 JUNE 2019 • 7:00AM SOURCE: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/06/30/warnings-africas-yugoslavia-ethiopia-coup-attempt-heightens/ The meeting was meant to have been top-secret. The men […]
Lutheran Saints #4: Onesimos Nesib and Aster Ganno
June 12, 2019 By Sarah Hinlicky Wilson Source: https://www.sarahhinlickywilson.com/blog/2019/6/12/lutheran-saints-4-onesimos-nesib-and-aster-ganno?fbclid=IwAR3_N5X6tuT2YqO4Tmo_u4zsQt_7UH5ahGV5IyvWHNLbJcds76MCq-Hqsow If you attend a Lutheran church you may have noticed occasionally the unfamiliar […]
At this point in history restoring the Ethiopian empire is out of question
By Ibsaa Guutama 05/06/2019 At this point in history restoring the Ethiopian empire is out of question. Negotiation has to start for […]
Evidence: Menelik’s Genocide Against Oromo and Other Nations
Source: https://oromiatimes.org/2014/01/04/evidence-meneliks-genocide-against-oromo-and-other-nations/ By Falmataa Oromo First Published on Oromia Times 4 Jan 2014 Frank Chalk and Kurt Jonassohn (1990: 24) wrote that […]
OROMO NATIONALISM, AND THE CONTINUOUS MULTIFACETED ATTACK ON THE OROMO CULTURAL, CIVIC AND POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS
By Professor Mohammed Hassen April 25, 2019 Georgia State University This paper attempts to briefly discuss the development of Oromo Nationalism and […]
Oromo never desired others land passing over their own country
By Ibsaa Guutama 10 April 2019 OLF is the first-born Oromo political organization. It was founded to free Oromia from Ethiopian colonialism […]
OROMO CONSENSUS: UNITY MAKES STRENGTH
8 April 2019 By Leenjiso Horo* Let me begin with the oftentimes told old parable to illustrate the meaning of the Oromo […]
No Change Unless Old Ethiopia Mentality is Changed
8 April 2019 By Ibsaa Guutama It seems we are now in a period like that of Ali Aluulaa, the last Oromo […]