Barara is not Addis Ababa
By Guluma Gemeda PhD University of Michigan-Flint 25.11.2018 Recently, unpublished, 49-page document entitled: ‘Addis Ababa is Barara, and Barara is Addis Ababa’ […]
Category: History
Pacified politics or risk of disintegration? A race against time in Ethiopia
Source: https://www.opendemocracy.net/ren-lefort/pacified-politics-or-risk-disintegration-race-against-time-in-ethiopia RENÉ LEFORT 21 August 2018 The dramatic changes of the last months have moved Ethiopia away from “the gates of […]
Article 39, Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership (Part II)
Article 39, Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership (Part II) Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 10 July […]
Article 39, Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership: Part I
Article 39, Oromo Nationalism, Abyssinian Exceptionalism & Expectations Raised by Dr. Abiy Ahmed’s Premiership Part I Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 8 July […]
The History and Politics of the Qubee Alphabet
The History and Politics of the Qubee Alphabet Guluma Gemeda Professor, PhD 1 July 2018 In several publications, Professor Mekuria Bulcha has […]
Walelign Mekonnen, the Question of Nationalities and Ethiopia’s Persistent Crisis
Walelign Mekonnen, the Question of Nationalities and Ethiopia’s Persistent Crisis Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 9 June 2018 Introduction That Ethiopia is in […]
TPLF’s genocidal policies and practices to reduce the Oromo nation to a minority
By Leenjiso Horo April 15, 2018 The 19th-century Russian historian Vasily Klyuchevsky famously wrote: “History doesn’t teach anything, but greatly punishes one […]
A Remarkable Chapter of German Research History: The Protestant Mission and the Oromo in the Nineteenth Century
By Wolbert G.C. SMIDT Oromo–German relations First steps A crucial period for the creation of the traditional and special relationship between Germans […]
Rule by Indaraasee for how long?
By Ibsaa Guutama 4 November 2017 Oromia has been ruled by colonial agents sent from Finfinnee since its occupation. The Oromo people […]
Moving Beyond the Trauma of October 2, 2016 Irreecha Massacre – Part III
A Pledge to Struggle for Oromo National Sovereignty By Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor 30 September 2017 Introduction In Part II of this […]
Moving Beyond the Trauma of October 2, 2016 Irreecha Massacre – Part II
28 September 2017 The Oromo Resolve to Fight the Trauma of State Terrorism By Mekuria Bulcha, PhD, Professor Although the Oromo have […]
Moving Beyond the Trauma of October 2, 2016 Irreecha Massacre – Part I
25 September 2017 October 2 Will Signify State Terrorism Against the Oromo in Ethiopia By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor Introduction In Oromo history […]
The ‘Nine Lives’ of Oromo Literacy – Qubee and the Birth of a Generation – Part II
Defying a Tradition that Demonizes Our Identity, Our Language and Alphabet 18 September 2017 By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor Introduction In the first […]
Excerpts from a Speech made by the Outgoing Chair of OSA Board of Directors, Prof. Mekuria Bulcha, at the Opening of the 31st OSA Annual Conference on July 28, 2017
Ladies and gentlemen, On behalf of OSA Board of Directors and its Executive Committee, I want to welcome you all to this […]
The ‘Nine Lives’ of Oromo Literacy: Qubee and the Birth of a Generation
Part I By Mekuria Bulcha, Professor The qubee [the Oromo alphabet], in providing an instrumental means to modern communication, has itself become […]
Oromo shall defend the gains they so far registered with their sweat and blood
By Ibsaa Guutama 25 June 2017 Qubee is Oromo national treasure and pride. It belongs to no group in particular except the […]