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Gadaa As The Fountain Of Oromummaa And The Theoretical Base Of Oromo Liberation, Asafa Jalata, Harwood Schaffer Aug 2014

Gadaa As The Fountain Of Oromummaa And The Theoretical Base Of Oromo Liberation, Asafa Jalata, Harwood Schaffer

Asafa Jalata

Every society has its unique central organizing and ruling ideology and theoretical models in a given historical epoch that it uses as its lenses to look at and interpret the world and to survive freely and advance its civilization or ways of life without disruption from within and without. Ideology plays many roles in a society, and its essential function is to define and promote the political, material, and cultural interests pf a group, a nation, a social class, a state, or other entities; it also "offers an explanation and an evaluation of political, economic, and social condition, provides its …


Promoting And Developing Oromummaa, Asafa Jalata Mar 2014

Promoting And Developing Oromummaa, Asafa Jalata

Asafa Jalata

As any concept, Oromummaa has different meanings on conventional, theoretical, and political, and ideological levels. Although the colonizers of the Oromo deny, most Oromos know their linguistic, cultural, historical, political, and behavioral patterns that closely connect together all of their sub-identities to the Oromo nation. There is a clear conventional understanding among all Oromo branches and individuals on these issues. The Oromo national movement has gradually expanded the essence and meaning of Oromummaa. The colonization of the Oromo and the disruption of their collective identity and the repression and exploitation of Oromo society have increased the commitment of some Oromo …