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Imagining Oromo Self-Knowledge For National Organization Capacity Building, Asafa Jalata
Imagining Oromo Self-Knowledge For National Organization Capacity Building, Asafa Jalata
Sociology Publications and Other Works
This paper imagines and explains the essence of Oromo self-knowledge in relation to Oromummaa—Oromo culture, identity, and human agency at the personal, interpersonal[i] and collective (national)[ii] levels. It specifically explains the relationship between Oromo national and sub-identities before and after colonialism, the uneven development of Oromummaa, and Oromo organizational problems. This paper also suggests some steps that should be taken by Oromo leaders, nationalists, and activists in order to overcome the problem of uneven development of Oromo nationalism and to build an effective national political leadership, increasing the organizational capacity of Oromo society so it will be able to achieve …
The Struggle Of The Oromo To Preserve An Indigenous Democracy, Asafa Jalata
The Struggle Of The Oromo To Preserve An Indigenous Democracy, Asafa Jalata
Sociology Publications and Other Works
This paper explores the essence of the gadaa system (Oromo democracy) and how and why the Oromo people are struggling to preserve and develop this indigenous democracy, written records of which go back to the sixteenth century. It also explains the essence and the main characteristics of Oromo democracy that can be adapted to the current condition of Oromo society in order to revitalize the Oromo national movement for national self-determination and democracy and to build a sovereign Oromia state in a multinational context. The paper also demonstrates that this kind of struggle is an uphill battle because the Oromo …
Being In And Out Of Africa: The Impact Of Duality Of Ethiopianism, Asafa Jalata
Being In And Out Of Africa: The Impact Of Duality Of Ethiopianism, Asafa Jalata
Sociology Publications and Other Works
This article critically examines how the duality inherent in the concept of Ethiopianism shifts back and forth between claims of a “Semitic” identity when appealing to the White, Christian, ethnocentric, occidental hegemonic power center and claims of an African identity when cultivating the support of sub-Saharan Africans and the African diaspora while, at the same time, ruthlessly suppressing the history and culture of non-Semitic Africans of the various colonized peoples, such as Oromos. Successive Ethiopian state elites have used their Blackness to mobilize other Africans and the African diaspora for their political projects by confusing original Africa, Ethiopia, or the …