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Born near Hurumu in modern Ethiopia, Onesimos lost his father when he was four years old.According to an account he later wrote for the Board of the Swedish Evangelical Mission, he was kidnapped by slavers in 1869, and passed through the hands of eight owners until Werner Munzinger freed him at Massawa and had him educated at the Imkullu Swedish Evangelical Mission in that port city. [2]
Ganomeh was born in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, [1] then known as Abyssinia, the daughter of Jai Tshasseda Odah, an Oromo (or Galla) leader. She was orphaned when she was a young girl, and trafficked as a slave, first in Sudan, and then in Cairo, under the name "Fatme" (or Fatima).
In the Guji Zone where most Gujis are found, there are three major religions: original Oromo religion (), Islam and Christianity. [2]However, according to the 2007 Census conducted by the Central Statistical Agency of Ethiopia (CSA), 60% of the population said they were Protestant Christianity, and 2.11% said they practised Orthodox Christianity.
The Oromo people (pron. / ˈ ɒr əm oʊ / ORR-əm-oh [11] Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya. [12] They speak the Oromo language (also called Afaan Oromoo), which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. [12] They are one of the largest ethnic ...
Missionaries expansion was successful in the south region of Ethiopia, especially Afan Oromo speakers. In Welega , the Swedish missionaries trained Ethiopian Protestants to spread beliefs and translate Holy Bible to vernacular language (Afan Oromo) by renown translator Onesimos Nesib , popularly known as Abbaa Gammachiis, to spread medical ...
According to the government's 1994 census (which the CIA World Factbook follows), 61.6% of the Ethiopian population was Christian: 50.6% of the total were Ethiopian Orthodox, 10.1% were various Protestant denominations (such as and the Lutheran Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus), and Roman Catholics constituted 0.9% of the population). [7]
She was assigned to compile an Oromo dictionary, which was first used in polishing a translation of the New Testament published in 1893. Aster also translated a book of Bible stories and recorded five hundred traditional Oromo riddles , fables, proverbs , and songs, many of which were published in a volume for beginning readers (1894).
The Oromo people of East Africa are divided into two major branches: the Borana Oromo and Barento Oromo. These two major groups are in turn subdivided into an assortment of clan families. From West to East and North to South, these subgroups are listed in the sections below.