Review
A PhD student specializing in indigenous governance systems reflects on the 72nd Borana Oromo Gadaa power transfer ceremony that took place in early March in Oromia, Ethiopia’s largest state.
“Abbaa Malkaa,” made history as the first Afaan Oromoo film to premiere at the Ethiopian National Theatre on Feb. 23, 2025, since its opening in 1955.
In the Oromo tradition one will have to look for three things in their future partner to know whether they are traditionally suitable for each other.
In Oromo culture, names are the bearers of one’s identity, says Obbo Liban. As such, when a child is born, it will take two to three years before they are named in a collective ceremony.
The Oromos of Tana River County descended from a Borana sub-clan known as Warra Dayyu or Warda.
Kenyan Oromos, who include the Borana, Gabra, Orma, and MunyoYaya, number close to a million.
When he was 14 years old, Gutu moved to Norway where his parents lived as refugees.
In Mexican-Ethiopian filmmaker Jessica Beshir’s Faya Dayi, khat is more than an important export product in a capitalist economy; she captures khat’s roles and meanings in everyday Harari life.
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