Articles

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Gadaa (Oromo Democracy): An Example of Classical African Civilization, Journal of Pan-African Studies (2012)

The paper briefly introduces and explains the essence of indigenous Oromo democracy and its main...

 

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The Oromo in Exile: Creating Knowledge and Promoting Social Justice, Societies/Sociologists Without Borders/Sociologos Sin Fronteras (2011)

This paper explains how some Oromos who were forced to leave their country, Oromia, by...

 

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Imperfections in U. S. Foreign Policy Toward Oromia and Ethiopia: Will the Obama Administration Introduce Change?, The Journal of Pan African Studies (2011)

This paper argues that because of its perceived strategic national interest and the wrong advice...

 

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Terrorism from Above and Below in the Age of Globalization, Sociology Mind (2011)

This paper explains how the intensification of globalization as the modern world system has increased...

 

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The Ethiopian State: Authoritarianism, Violence and Clandestine Genocide, The Journal of Pan African Studies (2010)

“Modern” Ethiopia has been created and maintained through the achievement of external legitimacy. As the...

 

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Urban Centers in Oromia: Consequences of Spatial Concentration of Power in Multinational Ethiopia, Journal of Oromo Studies (2010)

This paper examines the essence and characteristics of cities and urban centers in Oromia and...

 

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Being in and Out of Africa: The Impact of Duality of Ethiopianism, Journal of Black Studies (2009)

This article critically examines how the duality inherent in the concept of Ethiopianism shifts back...

 

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Struggling for Social Justice in the Capitalist World System: The Cases of African Americans, Oromos, and Southern and Western Sudanese, Social Identies: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Cultue (2008)

This article identifies and examines the processes through which the social justice movements of African...

 

Books

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Oromummaa (2007)

This book is a collection of my nineteen selected speeches that I delivered to different...

 

Unpublished Papers

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OROMO PEOPLEHOOD: HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL OVERVIEW (2010)

The study of the historical, cultural, religious, linguistic, geographical and civilizational foundations of Oromo society...

 

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The Urgency of Building Oromo National Consensus (2010)

First, the paper explains how some political achievements without strong organizational and institutional structures have...

 

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INCREASING POLITICAL ACTIVISM AND MOBILIZATION: Building an Oromo Agency and Capacity for Liberation (2008)

Without increasing our political activism, mobilizing and organizing our people, we cannot effectively challenge and...

 

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OROMUMMAA AS THE MASTER IDEOLOGY OF THE OROMO NATIONAL MOVEMENT (2008)

Oromummaa, as an element of culture, nationalism, and vision, has the power to serve as...

 

Presentations

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European Colonial Terrorism and the Incorporation of Africa into the Capitalist World System, Athens Institute For Education and Research (ATINER) (2011)

This article critically explores the essence and characters of European colonial terrorism and its main...

 

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Indigenous Peoples in the Capitalist World System: Researching, Knowing, and Promoting Social Justice (2011)

The paper critically examines how indigenous peoples all over the world have been terrorized, exterminated,...

 

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The Impacts of Capitalist Incorporation and Terrorism on Indigenous Americans, University of California, Riverside (2011)

This article critically explores the essence of colonial terrorism and its consequences on the indigenous...

 

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The Impacts of European Colonial Terrorism on Africans, Southeastern Regional Seminar in African Studies (2010)

This article critically explores the essence and characters of European colonial terrorism and its main...

 

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CELEBRATING OROMO HEROISM AND COMMEMORATING THE OROMO MARYTRS’ DAY (Guyya Gootota Oromiyaa), The Oromo Community of Atlanta, Georgia (2010)

Oromo history demonstrates that the Oromo people had been heroic when they were organized under...

 

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OROMUMMAA: NATIONAL IDENTITY AND POLITICS OF LIBERATION, The OLF Eastern US Regional Mid-Year Conference (2010)

Local and fragmented Oromummaa and national Oromummaa are interconnected, but not necessarily one and the...

 

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WHAT IS NEXT FOR THE OROMO PEOPLE?, 4th Annual International Conference on Human Rights (2010)

Thank you for inviting me to give a talk on the future of the Oromo...

 

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The Urgency of Building Oromo National Consensus, 2010 OSA Annual Conference (2010)
 

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IMAGINING OROMO SELF-KNOWLEDGE FOR NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY BUILDING, The Oromian Community Members in Alberta (2009)

This paper imagines and explains the essence of Oromo self-knowledge in relation to Oromummaa—Oromo culture,...

 

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THE STRUGGLE OF THE OROMO TO PRESERVE AN INDIGENOUS DEMOCRACY, International Conference on Intangible Heritage (initiated by UNESO) (2009)

This paper explores the essence of the gadaa system (Oromo democracy) and how and why...

 

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FACES OF TERRORISM IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION: TERRORISM FROM ABOVE AND BELOW, the Oak Ridge Institute for Continued Learning Philosophical Society (2008)

This paper explains how the intensification of globalization as the modern world system with its...

 

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ETHIOPIA: THE STATE OF TERROR AND WAR IN THE HORN OF AFRICA, Eritrean Festival (2007)

My discussion focuses on two central issues. First, I will demonstrate how global connections, war,...

 

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The Concept of Oromummaa and Identity Formation in Contemporary Oromo Society, Howard University (2007)

This paper examines the essence of Oromummaa (Oromo culture and nationalism),[1] Oromo identity, and human...

 

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COMMEMORATING FALLEN OROMO HEROES AND HEROINES (Guuyyaa Gootota Oromoo), Oromo Communities (2007)

Why do we commemorate this national day? What is the importance of having heroes and...