Oromo nationalists depict Oromos as being subjugated by the continuing legacy of oppressive political systems initiated during Ethiopia’s imperial era. Meanwhile, critics downplay the Oromo ...

Eskedar Getaneh stepped out of his house on April 12 to screams from surrounding neighbors in the village of Arkumbi Kebele in the Oromo region of ethnically divided Ethiopia.

Ethiopia's recent changes are due largely to an uprising by young men from the largest ethnic group, the Oromo. Their inspiration: Jawar Mohammed, who created a media network in exile in Minnesota.

Megersa Regassa, Females’ Voice through Oral Poetry among Limmuu Oromo, Ethiopia, Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies, Vol. 4, No. 2 (December 2017), pp. 28-40 ...

Based on ethnographic field research, this article analyzes the roles of children in storytelling events among the Oromo-speaking Guji people of Southern Ethiopia. Far from being passive knowledge ...

In April, Abiy Ahmed, 41, of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front was elected as the first Oromo prime minister in Ethiopia’s history. Lilesa publicly supported Abiy’s election.

The surprise resignation of Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has got some people looking at Oromo leader Lemma Megersa as a potential successor Until recently, few people outside of ...

Ethiopia's recent changes are due largely to an uprising by young men from the largest ethnic group, the Oromo. Their inspiration: Jawar Mohammed, who created a media network in exile in Minnesota.