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| | Oromo |
 | | The Oromo language was banned under the Mengistu's communist government and the Oromo people were forced to speak Amharic in schools or in the public sphere for decades. | | | In the Oromo nation, Muslims and Christians have mixed peacefully. | | | Some Oromos in the United States have adopted Islam and Christianity while maintaining the concept of Waaqa. |
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http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/oldworld/africa/oromoculture.html
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| | World congress on language policies |
| | Oromo majority is discriminated in the national power aparatus and freedom of speech does not exist. | | | Despite the failures of the Tigray government and current injustices of the Ethiopian internal politics towards the Oromos, the linguistic rights and language planning achieved in the early 1990's are still a reality and a historical event. | | | International relations in the form of research but also in the form of thoroughly thought aiding could support the Oromos to meet with the linguistic rights and language policy promised in the constitution. |
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http://www.linguapax.org/congres/taller/taller2/Laisi.html
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| | Oromo Liberation Front |
| | The invasion of Oromo land by Muslims in the east and south and by Christians in the north have left their mark on the Oromo culture. | | | The Oromo accepted Islam and non-Orthodox Christianity en-masse because they identified Abyssinian Orthodox Christianity with the oppressor and also to assert their identity visaa-vis Abyssinians. | | | For example it is believed that the Oromo are responsible for the invention and use of phallic stones (Wainwright, 1949 and Greenfield, 1965). |
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http://www.oromoliberationfront.org/OromiaBriefs.htm
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| | welcome to gada online summary of oromo peoples history and culture |
| | During their long history,the oromo developed their own religious,cultural, social and political system known as Gadaa system, a uniquely democratic political and social institution that governed the life of every oromo individual in the society from birth to death. | | | Many Abyssinian court historians and monks, oromo historians as well as world historians who were interested in oromo case wrote a lot about oromo peoples at different times. | | | Safuu is extremely important in oromo religious and political thought. |
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http://angelfire.com/dragon2/gadaoromiya/oromo_peoples_history_and_cultur.htm
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| | Oromo Nationalist III |
| | The Oromo language radio program was so effective in mobilizing public opinion against Emperor Haile Selassie, that the regime sent a secret agent to Mogadishu and murdered Ayub Abubakar in 1966. | | | Shaykh Bakrii was an Oromo voice for freedom and he was also an Oromo institution as well as their heritage. | | | From internal evidence it appears that Shaykh Bakrii's interest in Oromo political subjugation, economic exploitation and cultural dehumanization started probably in 1934 and developed into political awakening during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia (1936-1941). |
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http://www.oromiannationalacademy.com/oro_nationalist_3.htm
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| | Oromo Nationalist I |
| | After their conquest, The Egyptian force destroyed the democratically elected Oromo gada government and replaced it by their administration that imposed Islam upon a section of the Oromo in Hararghe. | | | Usman Oda had lived under the independent Oromo government before it was replaced first by the Egyptian and then by Menelik's imperial administration. | | | First, it pays homage to the great scholar, who died twenty-three years ago at a refugee camp in northern Somalia, leaving behind a proud legacy of a life-long struggle for the cause and in the interest of his people. |
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http://www.oromiannationalacademy.com/oro_nationalist_1.htm
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| | Oromo Dictionary |
| | I do think that the opposition of the Oromo people is not to speak Amharic, but about the subtle plot behind using Amharic in the Oromo areas. | | | The Oromo people do not have hatred to Amharic as a language of communication. | | | I think that being in a political party is a choice one has to make, but being Oromo is a predestined. |
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http://www.fellowship.robisonweb.net/Oromifa.htm
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| | Jimma University Students Petition Oromia Regional Government to Respect and Defend Oromo Rights |
| | The Oromia Regional Government should immediately investigate the cases of political prisoners, being held in detention centers in various localities of Oromia and other regions for allegedly supporting the OLF or other political organizations or for merely raising the name of the Oromo nation and should have them promptly released. | | | It is well know that any people's right to self-determination upto and including secession has been recognized in article 39 of the Federal Constitution. | | | And the people should deliberate on the holding of referendum to settle this matter. |
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http://www.oromia.org/News/JimmaUniversityStudentsPetition.htm
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| | Afaan Oromo |
| | The Oromo, the largest ethnic group, comprise 50%-60% or about 25 million of the population of the Ethiopian Empire State. | | | Until 1974 when Mengistu's ruthless regime came to power, writing Afaan Oromo in any script had been banned officially. | | | As stated, the Sabean syllabary may be very good for the purpose of writing the Semitic languages such as Tigre, and Tigrigna. |
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http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/Hornet/Afaan_Oromo_19777.html
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| | Shortwave Center--March 1999 |
| | However, the new government continued to deny Oromos political freedom, although the Oromos are now allowed to speak their own language. | | | The purpose of the OLF is to lead the national liberation struggle of the Oromo people against political oppression. | | | In 1973, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF), a political organization, was established by Oromo nationalists. |
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http://www.anarc.org/naswa/issues/199903/swc199903.html
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| | Oromo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | A number of political organizations have been formed by the Oromo. | | | Another group, the Oromo People's Democratic Organization (OPDO), is one of the four parties that form the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition. | | | The majority of Oromo people are Sunni Muslims, though there is a substantial number of Oromo Christians. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo
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| | Oromo language |
| | Oromo Liberation Front Political organization established in 1973 to lead the struggle of the Oromo people against Ethiopian rule. | | | Information about Oromia and the Oromo, OLF policies, press releases and military communiques. | | | Language Problems and Language Planning International multi-lingual journal that publishes articles primarily on political, sociological, and economic aspects of language and language use. |
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http://www.serebella.com/encyclopedia/article-Oromo_language.html
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| | OROMO AMERICAN CITIZENS COUNCIL (OACC) |
| | b) Motivate all Oromos and Oromo organizations to fully participate in America’s political system in order to influence American public policy and foreign policy towards immigrants and people of color. | | | Oromo American Citizens Council is a non-profit and non-political organization. | | | The Oromo American Citizens Council (OACC) works with all Oromos and Oromo organizations to form alliance and forge unity of purpose among different organizations to work together on a common agenda and motivate them and their individual members to come together to address their issues to American policy makers with one voice. |
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http://www.oromoamerican.org
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| | Language |
| | Colonial Ethiopian governments from Menelik II down to Haile Sellasie, and to some extent the Derg forbade the study, development, and use of the Oromo language in education, public services, and other events including religious teachings, and scholarly studies. | | | Afaan Oromo is spoken by over 30 million people in Ethiopa. | | | Even though the current government has loosened the ban against local languages, there is a lot of pressure not to use Oromo language in urban centers like Finfinnee (Addis Ababa), Dire Dawa, and many other cities in Oromiyaa. |
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http://www.voiceoforomiyaa.com/language.htm
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| | Oromo Language |
| | Oromo language is one of the Cushitic languages (such as Somali, Afar, Sidama, Geedo, and ancient Egyptian), the language of the ancient Cush that was spoken all over East Africa. | | | Eaga ani qubee -za itti eda'ee booda, Afaan Oromo qubee 29 qaba. | | | Afaan Oromo is a phonetic language, which means that it is spoken in the way it is written. |
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http://www.ethnomed.org/ethnomed/cultures/oromo/alphabet.html
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| | Oromo Translation - Translate Oromo Language Translator |
| | Most of its people speak a Semitic or Cushitic language. | | | The Oromo, Amhara, and Tigreans make up more than three-fourths of the population, but there are more than 80 different ethnic groups within Ethiopia. | | | Amharic was the language of primary school instruction but has been replaced in many areas by local languages such as Oromifa and Tigrinya. |
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http://www.translation-services-usa.com/languages/oromo.shtml
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| | Afaan Oromo language, alphabet and pronunciation |
| | The Oromo people are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and account for more than 40% of the population. | | | Between 1974 and 1991 under the Mengistu regime the writing of Afaan Oromo in any script was forbidden, though limited usage of the Ethiopic script was allowed. | | | Until the 1970s, Afaan Oromo was written with either the Ethiopic script or the Latin alphabet Then during the early 1970s, the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) chose the Latin alphabet as the official alphabet to write Afaan Oromo. |
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http://www.omniglot.com/writing/oromo.htm
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| | Gadaa.com - Online Resource on Oromia and the Oromo People |
| | Meles said earlier this week that the planned rally by opposition parties "was part of a plot to incite violence and topple the government"... | | | Sisai Ibssa Dies at 60; Advocate For the Oromo People of Africa | | | The Oromo Project: MN Advocates for Human Rights |
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| | Language Museum - Oromo |
| | Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. | | | Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. |
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http://www.language-museum.com/o/oromo.htm
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| | An A-Z of African Studies on the Internet nr2 |
| | Tostan "Tostan, which means "breakthrough" in the language of the Wolof of Senegal and the Gambia, is a non-profit and non-governmental organization incorporated in the United States in 1991 and based in Thiès, Senegal. | | | Oromo (African people) of Ethiopia (1997-8 reports) http://www.bsos.umd.edu/cidcm/mar/ethiopia.htm | | | The Kamanakao Association "non-governmental organization with the basic objective of maintaining and developing the remnants of the language and culture of the Wayeyi people of northern Botswana... |
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http://www.lib.msu.edu/limb/a-z/az_nr2.html
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| | Unholy Crisis: Language, Religion and Politics at Loggerheads |
| | Unholy Crisis: Language, Religion and Politics at Loggerheads | | | This left the believers who have limited knowledge of Amharic in doubts about their salvation. Would God even accept their prayers? | | | Could it be that when they try to pray for His mercy in their broken Amharic, they actually invite His wrath? |
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http://www.oromia.org/Articles/UnholyCrisis.htm
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| | About ONA |
| | The main focus of this organization is to educate the Oromo public about its culture and language, and specifically to support research on Oromo language and literature and reform it. | | | (D) Support publication of the biography of Oromo revolutionaries and community leaders | | | Convinced by the importance of this historical milieu, interested Oromians have formed the Oromo National Academy (O.N.A). |
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http://www.oromiannationalacademy.com/aboutona.htm
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| | African Languages - Krio, Pidgin, Lingala, Oromo (ASC)(MSU) |
| | Oromo is a significant regional first language and is spoken by the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia. | | | It is broadcast over the Voice of Revolutionary Ethiopia, and there is a weekly newspaper, Berisa, in Oromo. | | | Krio is spoken in Sierra Leone and also around Banjul in the Gambia, as well as on the island of Ngueyma Byogo in Equatorial Guinea. |
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http://www.isp.msu.edu/AfrLang/language5.htm
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| | Learn Oromo - Oromo Books, Courses, and Software |
| | This reader contains thirty-two selections from several representatives of the Oromo press in 1994 and 1995. | | | If you have any questions or can't find what you need, please e-mail us. | | | Oromo is spoken by nearly nine million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. |
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http://www.multilingualbooks.com/oromo.html
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| | Oromo |
| | The Oromo are an African ethnic group (pejoratively termed "Galla") found in Ethiopia and to a lesser extent Kenya. | | | Translated by C.F. Beckingham and G.W.B. Huntingford in Some Records of Ethiopia 1593-1646 (London: The Hakluyt Society, 1954), this is the earliest known account of the Oromo. | | | They are the largest single ethnic group in Ethiopia, with 40% of the population. |
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http://oromo.area51.ipupdater.com
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| | VirtualTuner: Update |
| | It is a program of news, music, culture, history, Oromo language and life of the Oromo people in the Twin Cities. | | | Simply press the submit button and we will fix it, or complete this form as best as you can and include any comments in the description area. |
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http://www.virtualtuner.com/old/jsupdate.php3?ID=5589
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| | Typological and universals research has now been further facilitated and advanced by the existence of this authoritative account of the Oromo language. | | | The majority of Oromo speakers in Kenya live in Eastern Province, but large groups, such as the 50,000 speakers of Boraana, can be found in Northern Kenya. | | | Oromo belongs to the Cushitic branch of the so-called Afroasiatic language family. |
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http://www.koeppe.de/katalogE/3-927620-27-0.html
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| | Ethiopia through Russian Eyes -- Translator's introductionn |
| | The essays deal with various peoples of Ethiopia (Galla/Oromo, Sidamo, Amhara) -- their history, culture, way of life, beliefs and languages; on the governmental system and its historical background, on the army, on commerce, and on the Emperor's family. | | | I didn't expect to become proficient in the language, but I felt that learning it was one way to get an appreciation for the people and their culture. | | | He shows great respect for and understanding of Amhara, Galla (Oromo), and several other Ethiopian peoples and cultures, with whom he had prolonged contact and whose languages he learned. |
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http://www.samizdat.com/ethintro.html
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| | Walqabsiisa oduu biyyaa lafaa afaan alagaatiin |
| | Voice of oromo liberation, in afaan Oromoo and amharic | | | A program of news, music, culture, history, Oromo language and life of the Oromo people in the Twin Cities. | | | Afan Oromo broadcasts a 15 minute program from Monday through Friday, and includes a special feature every Tuesday. |
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http://www.geocities.com/bilisummaa2000/walqabsiisa.html
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| | Voice of Oromiyaa |
| | Sunday 8:00 - 9:00 PM Voice of Oromiyaa is a program of news, music, culture, history, Oromo language and life of the Oromo people in the Twin Cities. | | | Other topics include education, health, family and other information pertaining to Oromo and other peoples of the Horn of Africa. | | | The program is in Oromo Language, the most widely spoken language in the Horn of Africa. |
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http://www.kfai.org/programs/oromia.htm
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| | Brigada Today - 2 of Feb., 1997 |
| | Worldwide broadcasts of The JESUS Film are planned in partnership with the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN), helping expose 3 billion people to the gospel by the year 2,000. | | | Finally, new language translations are embarking this month, such as the Oromo language in Ethiopia, the Tigre language in Eritrea, and the Kissi and Kpelle languages in Guinea, West Africa. | | | Work is underway on an International English version as the first of the "top 20" language translations. |
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http://www.brigada.org/today/1997/bt970202.html
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