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An Oromo man in Abbaa Gadaa garb. [clarification needed] Gadaa flag. Gadaa [1] (pronounced "Geda" meaning "The Gateway" in Oromoo language) is the indigenous system of governance used by the Oromos in Ethiopia and northern Kenya. [1] It is also practiced by the Konso, Burji and Gedeo people of southern Ethiopia. The system regulates political ...
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Wolkite University Welkite: Central Ethiopia: 2012 [1] [12] Washera College: Debre Markos: Amhara: 2007 Wolaita Sodo University: Sodo: South Ethiopia: 2007 Another campuses are Gandaba Campus, Otona Campus and Tercha Campus. Wollega University: Naqamte: Oromia: 2007 Wollo University Dessie / Kombolcha: Amhara: 2007 Wollo University is one of ...
It is considered a sacred place to the local Oromo, for it is designated where the traditional leader known as Abba Gadaa convenes the tribal assembly. [2] A survey of the land in this woreda shows that 29% is arable or cultivable (20.9% was under annual crops), 33% pasture, 30% forest , and the remaining 8% is considered swampy, degraded or ...
The Oromo expansions or the Oromo invasions [3] [4] (in older historiography, Galla invasions [5] [6] [7]), were a series of expansions in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Oromo primarily documented by the ethnic Gamo monk Bahrey, but also mentioned in other Christian, Muslim and Portuguese records. [8]
A Cushitic ethnic group, they primarily inhabit the Borena Zone of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia and the former Eastern Province in northern Kenya, specifically Marsabit County. [10] They speak a distinct dialect of the Oromo language by the same name, Boorana. [10] The Boorana people are notable for practicing the Gadaa system without ...
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