Wollo oromo history books

The oromo people are a cushitic ethnic group and nation native to ethiopia who speak the. Usually accounts of oromo history are told from the perspective of ethiopian court historians and display obvious biases. The data is only saved locally on your computer and never transferred to us. The word oromo appeared in european literature for the first time in 1893 and slowly became common in the second half of the 20th century. But there are a many more oromo lineage names especially in southern wollo. Wollo ethiopian heritage society wehs, established in 2017, is a rightsbased and developmentoriented organization.

The oromo people are a cushitic ethnic group and nation native to ethiopia who speak the oromo language. The 1880s and 1890s were a difficult time for the wallo oromo as they were involved in a rebellion against the occupying forces. This books fills the void that exists in the literature of ethiopian history the history of the oromos. The earliest known documented and detailed history of the oromo people was by the ethiopian monk abba. Heritage of wollo wollo ethiopian heritage society. Oromo traditional music from wallo by darajjee mulugeetaa.

View history of oromo wollega oromo research papers on academia. The oromo in exile tennessee research and creative exchange. They are the largest ethnic group in ethiopia and represent 34. Elsaa nugusee tuulamarraan new ethiopian oromo music 2017official video. How have the amhara managed to dominate ethiopian history and state power for. However, linguistic descriptions of the wollo and nearby raya oromo areas are still lacking.

The first to accept islam as a resisistance ideology were the wollo oromo. See more ideas about books, oromo people and cd card. This study deals mainly with the history of the oromo of the area the gibe region. The inheritor of the axumite state, the zagwe dynasty of the agew of wollo preserved the best of the axumite legacies, and bequeathed us a unescodesignated world heritage site in lalibela. The wollo oromo people are an oromo subgroup inhabiting the historic wollo province of. History of oromo wollega oromo research papers academia. Accordingly, shenke and tolha villages in southern wollo, aliuyu amba in northern shoa. Fikre tolossa has released his book the hidden and untold history of the jewish people and ethiopians, and his feature film, multicolored flowers, both in print and electronically. Wollo is also home to the successor neosolomonic dynasty which made haiq estifanos as well as rohalalibela and amba gishen the epicenter for the diffusion of orthodox christianity to gojam, shewa and enarya. Oromo traditional music from wello by dereje mulugeta. A great read although the title might be a bit misleading, the book focuses mainly on the oromo kingdoms of western ethiopia. So it would be a good idea to connect that book with further research in that area which i hopefully will be able to do in the next years. The wollo oromo people are an oromo subgroup inhabiting the historic wollo province of northern ethiopia.