Oromo may refer to Oromo people , an ethnic group in East Africa Oromo language , a Cushitic language spoken by the Oromo people Orama , a Central Asian food See also Oromia Region disambig Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. de Oromo fr Oromo he ru fi Oromo ... more details
Karaanle DagaaOromo , who live in and east of Dire Dawa, north of Harar, and as far as the northeastern ...Use dmy dates date October 2011 For the language Oromo language Infobox Ethnic group group Oromo br Oromoo image File Oromo people.jpg 300px div style background color ffffff small 1st row Haile Selassie I ref Haile Selassie s mother was paternally of Oromo descent and maternally of Gurage people Gurage heritage, while his father was paternally Oromo and maternally Amhara people Amhara . He consequently would have been considered Oromo in a patrilineal society, and would have been viewed as Gurage ... people clusters.php?peo2 256 Oromo people, Joshua Project ref region1 flagcountry Ethiopia ..., Orma, Oromo Boran, Oromo Sakuye, Oromo Gabbra, Rendille ref region3 flagcountry Somalia pop3 256,300 ref3 ref http www.joshuaproject.net countries.php?rog3 SO&sf population&so asc Oromo Tulama, Oromo ...?rog3 EG&sf population&so asc Oromo Tulama ref rels Sunni Islam 47.5 , Ethiopian Orthodox ... Oromo language Oromo related Afar people Afar Agaw Beja people Beja Saho people Saho Somali people Somali The Oromo lang om Oromoo , The Powerful lang gez , Oromo are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia ... language is Oromo language Oromo also called Afaan Oromoo and Oromiffa , which is part of the Cushitic ... for several millenia Prouty et al., 1981 . Bates 1979 contends that the Oromo were a very ancient ... have been grafted . While further research is needed to precisely comprehend their origins, the Oromo .... Many historians agree that some Oromo clans Bale have lived in the southern tip of present day Ethiopia for over a millennium. They suggest that a great Oromo migration brought most Oromos to present ... ethiopia history 773329 Oromo migration to central Ethiopia ref Historical maps of the ancient Aksum Abyssinia empire and Adal Sultanate Adal Somali empires indicate that Oromo people are newcomers ... Oromo speaking people used the indigenous Gadaa system of governance. Many Oromo communities most ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2007 Ittu also spelled Ituu is one of the divisions of the Oromo people . This tribe lives dominantly in the present day Mirab Hararghe Zone . The correct term for the land of Ittus is Chercher or Ona Ituu the Ittu Province . Ittus are divided into ten clans Baye, Wayye, Addayyo, Aroji, Babo, Gadula, Wachale, Alga, Gamo, Qalu, but there is no galan in ituu Clarify date June 2010 Category Oromo people Ethiopia stub de Ittu Oromo eo Ituoj ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Arsi image popplace Ethiopia , languages Afan Oromo , Afan Arsi rels Islam , Oromo Religion, Protestant related c Oromo people Oromo Arsi Oromo is one of the branches of the Oromo people inhabiting the Oromia Region , mainly in the Arsi Zone Arsi and Bale Zone Bale Zones, and partly in the Misraq Shewa Zone . They claim to have descended from a single individual called Arse . The Arsi in all zones speak the same language, Afan Oromo which is sometimes called Afan Arsi , and share the same culture and traditions. Culture The Arsi have developed a concept of Arsooma which roughly translates to Arsihood. This has provided Arsi with an identity that has been passing to clans and other groupings for a long period of time. ref cite web url http www.africa.kyoto u.ac.jp kiroku asm normal abstracts pdf 26 1 26 1 2.pdf title The Functions of African Oral Arts The Arsi Oromo Oral Arts in Focus format pdf publisher Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University accessdate June 27, 2008 ref The Arsi have a complex concept of tribal division. The two main branches are Mandoo and Sikko. Mandoo refers to the Arsis in the Arsi and northern Bale Zones, while Sikko refers to those mainly in the Bale Zone. History The Arsi Oromo demonstrated fierce resistance against the Ethiopia ... josfiles JOS 20Volume 202 20Numbers 201&2 20 281995 29.pdf title Arsi Oromo Political and Military Resistance Against the Shoan Colonial Conquest 1881 6 journal Journal of Oromo Studies volume II issue 1 and 2 format PDF publisher Oromo Studies Association accessdate June 14, 2011 ref They put up stiff .... ref name abbas It is a shared tradition of the people that the Oromo originated in Mada Walabu ... it that the Arsi Oromo moved to the locality around the sixteenth century. According to the tradition ... Showa. They named their new locality Jaawwii after an Arsi Oromo clan name. The fact that the locality ... Oromo people Ethiopia ethno group stub de Arsi Oromo ... more details
Infobox language name Oromo nativename Afaan Oromo, Oromiffa states flag Ethiopia br flag Kenya br flag ... gax ld1 Borana Arsi Guji Walagaa Oromo ll1 Borana language lc2 hae ld2 Eastern Oromo ll2 Eastern Oromo language lc3 orc ld3 Orma ll3 Orma language lc4 gaz ld4 West Central Oromo ll4 West Central Oromo language notice IPA Oromo , also known as Afaan Oromo , Oromiffa a , Afan Boran , Afan Orma , and sometimes in other languages by variant spellings of these names Oromic, Afan Oromo, etc. , is an Afro ... family. Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo people Oromo and neighbouring peoples in Ethiopia and Kenya . Some think of Oromo as a dialect continuum , since ... varieties Borana Arsi Guji Oromo language Borana Arsi Guji Oromo , Eastern Oromo language Eastern Oromo also called Qottu , Orma language Orma , and West Central Oromo language West Central Oromo . Older publications refer to the language as Galla , a term that is resented by Oromo people and no longer used. Speakers About 95 percent of Oromo speakers live in Ethiopia, mainly in Oromia Region . In Somalia ... related to Ethiopian Oromo. ref cite web url http www.ethnologue.com show country.asp?name KE title Languages of Kenya publisher ethnologue.com accessdate 15 October 2010 ref Within Ethiopia, Oromo is one of most spoken more than 40 . Within Africa, Oromo is the language with the 4th most speakers ... and assumes the same for the varieties of Oromo , Swahili language Swahili , and Hausa language Hausa ... ref Language policy Before the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974, publishing or broadcasting in Oromo ..., the government undertook a literacy campaign in several languages, including Oromo, and publishing and radio broadcasts began in the language. All Oromo materials printed in Ethiopia at that time, such as the newspaper Barissa , were written in the traditional script. Plans to introduce Oromo instruction ... in 1991, except in regions controlled by the Oromo Liberation Front OLF . With the creation ... more details
many subdivisions The Wallo Oromo , who are the northernmost group, and live predominantly in the Oromia Zone of the Amhara Region , as far north as Lake Ashenge , with whom the Raya Oromo and the Yejju Oromo are often grouped The Ittu Oromo , who live in the Oromia Region from the Awash River east to a line drawn south of Dire Dawa The Karayu Oromo , who live along the Awash valley in east Shawa as well as West Hararge The Aniya Oromo , who live south of the Ittu and west of the Erer River The Afran Qallo which refer to the 4 decedents of Qallo, which are Ala Oromo , living west of the city of Harar and the Erer River Oborra Oromo , living between the Ittu and Ala Oromo Babille Oromo ,living east of the Erer River in the Oromia Region DagaaOromo Huumee,Nole and Jarso Huumee Mana Hiyyoo ...Infobox Ethnic group group Barentu Oromo popplace Ethiopia languages Oromo language Oromo rels Islam related c Oromo people Oromo , Borana people Borana Barentuu Barentoo or older Baraytuma is one of the two Kinship and descent moieties of the Oromo people . The other moiety is Borana . The Barentu Oromo people Oromo inhabit the eastern parts of the Oromia Region in Ethiopia . The Barentuu Oromos are inhabiting the zones of Mirab Hararghe Zone Mirab West Hararghe Zone and Misraq Hararghe Zone Misraq East Hararghe Zone , Arsi Zone , and Bale Zone . Profile The Barentu are Oromo people , and represent one of the two halves of the original Oromos the other half being the Borana people Borana . They are mostly urbanized and rural people but some hold traditional nomad life styles and agriculture ... East Hararghe Zone for example, about 98.5 of the Oromo people living in this part of the country ... Oromo who live east of Dire Dawa and north of Harar Jarso who live in the northeastern corner of the Oromia Region The Arsi Oromo , who primarily live in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region which is named ... . References reflist Category Oromo people Africa ethno group stub eo Barentuoj ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Welega also spelled Wallega , Wollega , etc. is a branch of the Oromo people who live in Ethiopia in the former Welega Province a few live across the border in Sudan . They speak West Central Oromo language West Central Oromo , a dialect of the Oromo language . The population of this group is at several millions, many of them being Christians. Category Oromo people Category Ethnic groups in Sudan Ethiopia ethno group stub Sudan ethno group stub eo Velegaoj om Oromo Wallaga ... more details
Yejju Oromo is a tribe of the Barentu Oromo Barentu branch of Oromo people. They are one of the northernmost tribes of the Oromo people , which is the second largest ethnicity in Ethiopia . The Barentu also Barento Barentuma is one of the two moieties of the Oromo people, the other being the Borana people Borana . Yejju Oromo is often categorized inside the Barentu branch and other neighboring tribes include the Wollo Oromo and the Raya Oromo . Due to Oromo migration to the north, these northern Oromo communities are minorities and they are found in the ethnic Amhara people Amhara and Tigray people Tigray dominated regions of northern Ethiopia. During the 17th century, the Oromo Yejju dynasty ruled much of the Ethiopian empire during the Zemene Mesafint or Age of Princes , changing the official language of Amhara people to Afan Oromo , including inside the court of Gondar . ref Pankhurst, Richard, The Ethiopian Royal Chronicles , London Oxford University Press, 1967 , pp. 139 43. ref Throughout the era, different ethnic groups, clans and communities made short term alliances to acquire economic advantage and political power. Currently, the territories of these northern tip Oromos is officially located inside Amhara Region and Tigray region ref http www.africa.upenn.edu eue web newzones.gif official map of oromia ref while the boundaries are rejected by Oromo nationalists, including the Oromo Liberation Front ref http www.oromooliberationfront.org static oromiabrief.php OLF map of Oromia ref References reflist Category Oromo people Category Ethnic groups in Ethiopia ... more details
Refimprove date July 2007 The Guji Oromo are an ethnic Oromo people Oromo group living in southern Ethiopia . They are part nomadic and part agrarian. According to a population projection from 2007, the total population of the Guji Oromo is above 5 million. The Guji live in fertile and natural resource rich land in the Ethiopia the Guji Zone in the Oromia Region is named for them. The known gold mining area of Adola or Kebri Mangest , the dense natural forest of Bada Magada, the Nechisar National Park and Shakiso Adola evergreen forests are the natural areas which have been conserved by the Guji Oromo. The Guji people are known for using a large number and wide variety of proverb s in many social and conversational contexts ref Tadesse Jaleta Jirata. 2009. A contextual study of the social functions of Guji Oromo proverbs. Saabruecken DVM Verlag. ref . Notes references Sources Dejene N. Debsu. 2009. Gender and culture in southern Ethiopia an ethnographic analysis of Guji Oromo women s customary rights. African Study Monographs 30.1 15 36. Loo, Joseph van and Bilow Kola. 1991. Guji Oromo culture in southern Ethiopia Religious capabilities in rituals and songs . Berlin Dietrich Reimer Verlag. Taddesse Berisso. 2000. The Riddles of Number Nine in Guji Oromo Culture. Journal of Ethiopian Studies Volume 33.1 49 66. Category Oromo people Ethiopia ethno group stub de Guji Oromo eo Gu ioj ... more details
Infobox language name Eastern Oromo Language region Ethiopia speakers 4.53 million date 1994 date census dubious date November 2011 ethnicity familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 Cushitic languages Cushitic fam3 East Cushitic languages East iso3 hae Eastern Oromo also known as Ittu Oromo or Qottu Oromo is a dialect of the Oromo language . According to the Ethnologue map of Ethiopian languages, it is spoken in the Mirab Hararghe Zone , Misraq Hararghe Zone and northern Bale Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia . ref http www.ethnologue.com show map.asp?name ET&seq 10 Languages of Ethiopia , Ethnologue accessed 7 November 2009 ref According to Ethnologue, a 1994 census reported 4,530,000 speakers of this dialect. ref http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code hae Oromo, Eastern A language of Ethiopia , Ethnologue ref However, the 1994 Ethiopian national census did not break down language speakers according to dialect, although it reported 2,570,293 speakers of Oromo in those two zones. ref http www.csa.gov.et surveys Population 20and 20Housing 20Census 201994 survey0 data docs 5Creport 5CStatistical Report 5Ck04 5Ck04 partI.pdf 1994 Population and Housing Census of Ethiopia Results for Oromia Region , Vol. 1, part 1 , Tables 2.15 accessed 6 April 2009 ref References reflist Literature Owens, Jonathan. 1985. A grammar of Harar Oromo Northeastern Ethiopia including a text and a glossary. Cushitic language studies Bd. 4 Hamburg Buske. Category Languages of Ethiopia Category Oromo people AfroAsiatic lang stub ... more details
Infobox Ethnic group group Borana Oromo image Image Boranamanvoting4.JPG 200px br Borana man voting at a polling station in Marsabit , Kenya. popplace Ethiopia , Kenya languages Borana language Borana rels Islam , traditional religion ref name Ethnologue http www.ethnologue.com show language.asp?code gax Oromo, Borana Arsi Guji Ethnologue ref related c Oromo people Oromo , Barentu Oromo Barentu , Gabra people Gabra Borana is also an alternate Spanish name of the Boran sub family of the larger Witotoan language family. The Borana Oromo , also called the Boran , are a Pastoralism pastoralist ethnic group living in southern Ethiopia Oromia and northern Kenya . ref name Ethnologue They are a Moiety kinship moiety of the Oromo people , ref cite web url http links.jstor.org sici?sici 0022 4200 28199602 2926 3A1 3C56 3ATEAMPA 3E2.0.CO 3B2 C&size LARGE&origin JSTOR enlargePage title The Eagle as Messenger, Pilgrim and Voice Divinatory Processes among the Waso Boorana of Kenya last Aguilar first .... 56 72 ref the other being the Barentu Oromo people Barentu Oromo . Profile Oromos in northern Kenya ... thumb Borana dancers The Oromo people Oromo are divided into two major branches that break down ... The Borana which include The Maccaa Oromo , living between Didessa River and the Omo River , and south into the Gibe region The Tulama Oromo , who live in the Oromia Region around Addis Ababa The Guji Oromo , who are the southern part subgroup of the Oromo, inhabiting neighboring the Garri Gharri and Borana Oromo. The Borana Oromo who live in the Borena Zone , which includes Moyale . They also live in Kenya and parts of Somalia. The Gabra Oromo , who live in north Kenya along the Moyale border ... And countless subdivisions. See also Oromo people Barentu Oromo Notes reflist References wikinews Children ... among the Oromo Borana Red Sea Press, 2005 Clifford H F Plowman CMG OBE, http www.rhinoresourcecenter.com ... African Society, Vol. 18, No. 70 Jan., 1919 , pp. 114 121 small Category Oromo people de ... more details
POV date December 2007 Infobox militant organization name Oromo Liberation Front br Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo ... thumb OLF symbol The Oromo Liberation Front lang om Adda Bilisummaa Oromoo , or OLF , is an organization established in 1973 by Oromo people Oromo nationalists to promote self determination for the Oromo ... the Ethiopian Government arrested over 100 Oromo leaders, accusing some of being members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front OLF . ref and labeled as a terrorist organization ref name ena 2010 03 ... sects like ONLF, Oromo Liberation Front OLF and Ginbot 7 Group. ref ref name ena 2008 05 25 cite ... regime and the anti peace group Oromo Liberation Front OLF , which is instrument of the regime ... and Berlin from where it operates Amharic and Afan Oromo radio stations. Ideological base Image Et olf.svg thumb right Flag of the Oromo Liberation Front. The fundamental objective of the Oromo liberation movement is to exercise the Oromo peoples right to national self determination and end centuries of oppression and exploitation. While self determination for the Oromo people has been the main objective ... of self determination by the Oromo people will be in the form of an independent Oromia , or as part ... the Ethiopian government. The OLF believes the Oromo people still are being denied their fundamental ... Oromo political organizations in Ethiopia that are committed to the Oromo people who are endowed ... union they want to form with other peoples. ref Oromo liberation front briefs http www.oromoliberationfront.org OromiaBriefs.htm Oromo Liberation Front Beliefs ref The OLF believes, that the change in government from the Derg regime in 1991, far from enables the Oromo people and others to realize their fundamental rights. The OLF reiterates the struggle of the Oromo people is not directed against ... http www.oromoliberationfront.org OLFMission.htm Oromo Liberation Front mission ref In January ... called the Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization . OLF has stated that they do not resent Oromos ... more details
Infobox Political party name english Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization name native logo Image Opdo.PNG leader Alemayehu Atomsa foundation 1989 dissolution headquarters Addis Ababa , Ethiopia newspaper youth wing OPDO Youth League membership year membership ideology Democratic socialism , br Social democracy , br Oromo people Oromo Self determination national international colors website http www.opdo.org.et footnotes Politics of Ethiopia The Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization OPDO is an ethnic based political party in Ethiopia , and part of the alliance with the Amhara National Democratic Movement , the South Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Front and the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front that forms the Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Democratic Front EPRDF . At the last legislative Ethiopian general elections, 2005 elections , 15 May 2005, the party was part of the Ethiopian People s Revolutionary Democratic Front , that won 327 out of 527 seats. ref http www.ethiopar.net English hopre hormemb.html Ethiopian House of Peoples Representatives Website ref In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won 387 out of 537 seats in the Oromia Region , and 14 out of 36 seats in the Harari Region . ref http africanelections.tripod.com et 2005state.html African Elections Database ref History The OPDO was created in late 1989 by the EPRDF after they grew dissatisfied with their relations to the existing Oromo Liberation Front against the Derg regime. At first a weak organization, according to Paul B. Henze, the OPDO attracted defectors from Derg military units and gained supporters when in 1991 the EPRDF occupied parts of the provinces of Wollo and Shewa which had significant Oromo people Oromo majorities. ref Paul B. Henze, Layers of Time A History of Ethiopia New ... fr Organisation d mocratique des peuples Oromo he ja no Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization sv Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization ... more details
Politics of Ethiopia The Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement lang am , OFDM is a political party in Ethiopia , created to further the interests of the Oromo people Oromo people. At the last legislative Ethiopian general elections, 2005 elections , on 15 May 2005, the party won 11 seats, all from the Oromia Region . The party Whip politics Whip is Mesfin Nemera Deriesa from the Mirab Welega Zone . ref http www.ethiopar.net English hopre hormemb.html Ethiopian House of Peoples Representatives Website ref The Chairman is Bulcha Demeksa . In the August 2005 Regional assembly elections, the party won 10 out of 537 seats in the Oromia Region . ref http africanelections.tripod.com et 2005state.html African Elections Database ref Bulcha Demeksa, announced in mid April that his party would boycott the second round of voting in the Ethiopian by elections, 2008 2008 Ethiopian local elections , joining a number of other opposition parties. ref http www.sudantribune.com spip.php?article26826 Ethiopia s local elections marred by opposition boycott Sudan Times website, published 21 April 2008 accessed 1 June 2008 ref Despite this, the OFDM picked up one seat in the 116 towns which held elections for their administrative councils. ref http www.waltainfo.com CurrentIssues 2008 May election results.htm The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia Official Result of the Local and By Elections Held on April 13 and April 20, 2008 , Walta Information Center , May 2008 accessed 17 March 2009 ref Recent developments The OFDM recently joined forces with other Ethiopian opposition groups to form Medrek , otherwise known as the Forum for Democratic Dialogue . Other members of Medrek ... Jirata was arrested November 2008, along with at least 14 other ethnic Oromo people Oromo for alleged ties to the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front and a previously unknown armed group, Kawerj , connections ... Demokratische Oromo Bewegung fr Mouvement d mocratique f d raliste Oromo ... more details
Politics of Ethiopia The Oromo People s Congress OPC is one of the major opposition political parties in Ethiopia . It was founded in April 1996 under the name of Oromo National Congress by Dr. Merera Gudina , who is currently its chairman. However, the party licence and name were allegedly given to a marginal splinter group by the National Election Board of Ethiopia in order to undermine the party and create confusion among the voters after the May 2005 election, so the party was forced to change its name to Oromo People s Congress prior to the Ethiopian by elections, 2008 2008 by elections . ref Lovise Aalen and Kjetil Tronvoll, http ethiomedia.com aurora electoral authoritarianism.pdf The 2008 Ethiopian local elections The return of electoral authoritarianism , African Affairs , 108 430, p. 114 accessed 17 March 2009 ref 2005 Election Results Until the 2005 Ethiopian general elections, 2005 Ethiopian general elections the OPC had not attempted to build a permanent base of support outside its leader s home region in Ambo woreda Ambo woreda . ref http www.hrw.org en news 2008 04 09 ethiopia repression sets stage non competitive elections Ethiopia Repression Sets Stage for Non Competitive Elections , Human Rights Watch website accessed 17 March 2009 ref In that election, as the Oromo National Congress the party was part of the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces , that won 52 out of 527 seats in the Council of People s Representatives the party won 42 seats in the Federal Parliamentary Assembly Federal Parliament and 135 seats in the Oromia regional parliament in its own name ... or coalition? , Capital Ethiopia website ref OPC has formed a coalition with the Oromo Federalist ... and OPC to merge , Oromo News Blog 3 December 2008 accessed 17 March 2009 ref The OPC issued a press ... Political parties in Ethiopia Category Political parties established in 1996 de Oromo People s Congress fr Congr s national Oromo ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Refimprove date February 2009 The Union of Oromo Students in Europe , UOSE or Tokkumma Bartoota Oromoo Awurooppaa TBOA is a student organization based in Germany . Founded in 1974, it is a political organization that functions according to the political programs and political ideals of the Oromo Liberation Front OLF . ref http www.oromo.org osg pr251198.htm ref ref http acronyms.thefreedictionary.com Tokkummaa Bartoota Oromo Awropa Union of Oromo Students in Europe ref UOSE played the biggest role with its brother organization UOSNA Union of Oromo Students in North America in nurturing the language and culture of the Oromo people , protesting against successive Ethiopia n regimes, and coordinating the overall support to the OLF from the diaspora . ref http www.oromia.org News news7142000a.htm ref UOSE celebrated its 10 anniversary in 1984. ref http www.oromoliberationfront.org SBO TayeTeferra Guuma Biography.htm ref The unions held their 27th annual congress in July 2000, which was attended by delegates of the Union s branches in Belgium , the Czech Republic , Germany , Sweden , Switzerland , and the United Kingdom . The congress also received solidarity and mandating messages from branches of the Union in Greece and Norway . ref http www.oromia.org News TBOA pressrelease.htm ref In July 2008 it gathered its members in Brussels , to condemn what it described as human rights abuses carried out by the Ethiopian government upon the Oromo and other nations in Ethiopia and to solicit support for the OLF. ref http www.unpo.org content view 8363 236 ref ref http oromiatimes.multiply.com journal item 1029 ref References Reflist Category Student organizations ... more details
Barentu may refer to Barentu, Eritrea is a town in Eritrea. Barentu Oromo is a moiety of the Oromo people. disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Infobox language name Orma region Tana River District , Garissa District speakers 69,000 date 2006 ethnicity Orma people Orma familycolor Afro Asiatic fam2 Cushitic languages Cushitic fam3 East Cushitic languages East fam4 Oromo language Oromo iso3 orc Orma is spoken by the Orma people in Kenya . The origin of the language is from the Oromo language . Other Oromo languages are spoken in extensive areas of Ethiopia . Category Languages of Kenya Category Oromo people AfroAsiatic lang stub fr Orma pms Lenga Orma ... more details
Guji is a term with several meanings Guji Oromo are an ethnic group in Ethiopia, a subgroup of the Oromo people Guji Lorenzana Gregory Mangindin Lorenzana, Jr. , a commercial model, actor, theater actor, host, and radio DJ. Guji Guji is an award winning picture book by Taiwanese author and illustrator Chih Yuan Chen disambig ... more details
Borana or Borena may refer to Borana Oromo people , a moiety of the Oromo people Borana Province Borana language , a language spoken by the Borana people Borena Zone , one of the 17 zones of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia disambig it Borana he ... more details
Debel may refer to Debel, Lebanon Debel, Oromo Name , Oromo, Ethiopia, African name for a boy meaning in addition to, gift of Debel, Ethiopia , a town in the Afar Region DEBEL , the Defence Bioengineering and Electromedical Laboratory , an India n national defense laboratory under DRDO , located in Bangalore . disambig ... more details
Matthias Gallas Austrian soldier William Gallas French footballer Oromo people Gallas Ethnic group in Ethiopia disambig de Gallas ko ru ... more details
Arsi Province , a former province of Ethiopia Arsi Zone , a zone within the Oromia region of Ethiopia Arsi Oromo , an Ethiopian clan of the Oromo people Arsi language , a dialect of Oromo language Arsi language, an extinct Tocharian languages Tocharian language ARSI &ndash Amateur Radio Society of India Disambig de Arsi fr Arsi ... more details
Ahmad I ibn Abi Bakr was Emir of Harar 1755 1782 . In the first years of his reign, the Emir went with a friend to the Jarso Oromo Jarso and Nole Oromo , taking bales of sheetings for the first time to these Oromo in order to civilize them. He was the first Emir of Harar to give the neighboring Oromo gifts, which may have been a subsidy to free the way for salt and other goods which must have arrived through their territories. ref R. A. Caulk, Harar Town and Its Neighbours in the Nineteenth Century , Journal of African History , 18 1977 , p. 372 ref Another example of his efforts to civilize the Oromo was his construction of a shrine to the Baghdadi saint Abd al Qadir al Jilani near the tomb of Sheikh Hussein , which lies to the south deep in the territory of the Oromo people . ref J. Spencer Trimingham, Islam in Ethiopia Oxford Geoffrey Cumberlege for the University Press, 1952 , pp. 253 256 ref See also List of emirs of Harar Notes reflist Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata NAME Abd Al Shakur Ibn Yusuf ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Abd Al Shakur Ibn Yusuf Category Emirs of Harar Category Year of death missing Ethiopia royal stub ... more details
Abba Magal c.1800 was a leader of the Diggo Oromo people Oromo , and the father of Abba Jifar I . Previously, the Diggo, based in the area of Mana, had conquered the nearby town of Jimma Hirmata that was home to the Lalo people. This victory gave Abba Magal enough wealth to compete with the dominant Oromo clan in Jimma, the Badi of Saqqa . With the help of his four sons, he began a series of wars that led to the formation of the Gibe region Gibe Kingdom of Jimma . ref Herbert S. Lewis, A Galla Monarchy Jimma Abba Jifar, Ethiopia Madison, Wisconsin, 1965 , p. 39. ref Notes reflist DEFAULTSORT Magal, Abba Category Kings of Gibe Ethiopia royal stub ... more details
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