The 3rd International Oromoo Studies Conference

Jimma University, IOS and Wollega University, IOAS, 13-14 April 2018

Kora Idil-addunyaa Qorannoo Oromoo 3ffaa

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Waltahiinsaan Kan Qopheesse

Dhaabbata Qorannoo Oromoo, Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa

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Dhaabbata Qorannoo Oromoofi Afroo-Eeshiyaawaa,
Yuunivarsiitii Wallaggaa

Eebila 05-06, 2010

Naqamtee, Oromiyaa, Itoophiyaa

Book of Abstracts

Afaan Oromoo, Arts, Custom & History:

Challenges and Opportunities

The 3rd International Oromoo Studies Conference

Co-organized by

Institute of Oromoo Studies (IOS), Jimma University

&
Institute of Oromoo and Afro-Asiatic Studies (IOAS),
Wollega University

13-14 April 2018

Nakamte, Oromiyaa, Ethiopia

We are in the Community (JU) Icon of Quality and Relevance (WU)

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Organizing Committees
The Institutes extened their gratitude to the organizing committees for their devotion in
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Koreewwan Qindeessituu Konfiraansichaa

1. Koree Haala Qajeelchituu (Steering Committee)
Lak Maqaa Gahee Lak. Maqaa Gahee Hojii
. hojii
1 Dr. Eebbaa Miijanaa Dura taa‟aa 10 Dr. Tashoomaa Egeree Miseensa

2 Prof. Fiqiree Miseensa 11 Obbo Temesgeen Fiixee Miseensa

Lammeessaa
3 Dr. Hirphaa Leggesee Ittaanaa 12 Dr Guddataa Abdiisaa Miseensa
4 Dr. Dunkaanaa Miseensa 13 Dr. Dirribaa Dhibbaa Miseensa
Nugusaa
5 Dr. Negaash Galataa Miseensa 14 Dr. Mabraatee Dhufeeraa Miseensa
6 Dr. Tifsihit Miseensa 15 Obbo Fedhasaa Taaddasaa Miseensa
Solomoon
7 Dr. Tsige Ketema Miseensa 16 Dr. Alamuu Waqgaarii Barreessaa
8 Dr. Temesgeen Miseensa
Gaaromaa
9 Dr. Filee Jaallataa Miseensa

2. Koree Saayinsaawaafi Gulaallii (Scientific and Editorial Committee)

Lak. Maqaa Gahee Lak. Maqaa Gahee
hojii Hojii
1 Dr. Alamuu Dura 10 Obbo Temesgeen Fiixee Miseensa
Waaqgaarii taa‟aa
2 Dr Guddataa Ittaanaa 11 Daani‟eel Lammeessaa Miseensa
Abdiisaa DT
3 Dr Filee Jaalataa Miseensa 12 B/saa Malaakuu Miseensa
Geetahuun
4 Dr. Taamiruu Miseensa 13 B/saa Gammachiis Danuu Miseensa
Olaanaa
5 Aliimaa Jibril (PhD ) Miseensa 14 B/saa Fedhasaa Taaddasaa Miseensa
6 B/sa Teshoomee Miseensa 15 B/saa Hundumaa Dabalii Miseensa
Guuttataa
7 Dr. Tashoomaa Miseensa 16 Dr. Dajanee Gammachuu Miseensa
Egeree
8 Dr. Kataboo Miseensa 17 Dr. Drajjee Fufaa Miseensa
Abdiyyoo
9 Dr. Alamaayyoo Miseensa 18 Obbo. Melkamu Dumessa Miseensa
Faqqadaa

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3. Koree Madda Galii (Fund Raising Committee)

Lak. Maqaa Gahee Lak. Maqaa Gahee

hojii Hojii
1 Dr. Hirphaa Leggesee Dura 5 Aadde Margituu Dabalaa Miseensa
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2 Dr. Filee Jaalataa Ittaanaa 6 Dr. Gaaddisaa Dayaasaa Miseensa
DT
3 Dr. Fiqaaduu Fufaa Miseensa 7 Obbo Asfaawu Miseensa
Tamasgeen
3 Dr. Mebrate Dhufeeraa Miseensa 8 Obbo Tamasgeen Fiixee Barreessa
4 Obbo Kora Tushune Miseensa 9 Dr. Girmaayee Qanaasaa Miseensa

4. Koree Loojestiiksii (Logistic Committee)

Lak. Maqaa Gahee Lak. Maqaa Gahee
hojii Hojii
1 Dr. Hirphaa Leggesee Dura 5 B/saa Gammachiis Miseensa
taa‟aa Beekumaa
2 Dr. Taamiruu Olaanaa Ittaanaa 6 Obbo Dassaalenyi Bulti Barreessa
DT a
3 Dr.Tamasgeen Miseensa 7 Obbo Solomon Miseensa
Marabbaa Alamaayyoo
4 Yishi Tila G/Tsadik Miseensa 8 Aadde Alamnesh Miseensa
Gurmeessaa
9 Zagayyee Baqqalaa Miseensa

5. Koree Keessumsiistuu (Committee for Hospitality)

Lak. Maqaa Gahee Lak. Maqaa Gahee

hojii Hojii
1 Dr. Maabraatee Dura 7 Obbo Abbabaa Galataa Miseensa
Dhufeeraa taa‟aa
2 Obbo Darajjee Eniyeew Ittaanaa 8 Aadde Woyituu Itichaa Miseensa
DT
3 Obbo Fiqaaduu Oljirraa Miseensa 9 Obbo Alamaayoo Miseensa
Taaffesee
4 Obbo Addisuu Miseensa 10 Obbo Sooressaa Abdiisaa Miseensa
Yaadataa
5 Obbo Biqilaa Akkasaa Miseensa 11 Obbo Daraaraa Dhaabaa Miseensa
6 Obbo Biqilaa Obsii Miseensa 12 Obbo Temesgeen Fiixee barreessa
a
13 Dubree Wayituu Itichaa Miseensa

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6. Koree Qunnamtii Hawaasaa (Public Relation Committee)

Lak. Maqaa Gahee Maqaa Gahee

hojii Hojii
1 Dr. Alamuu Waaqgaarii Dura 7 Aadde Carar Aakliluu Miseensa Fuula| 5
taa‟aa
2 Dr. Zelleqee Ittaanaa 8 Dr. Gammadaa Dhugumaa Miseensa
Teshoomee DT
3 Dr. Birhaanuu Bekele Miseensa 9 Obbo Geetuu Abbebee Miseensa
4 Dr. Kasahun Miseensa 10 Obbo Malkaa Hiikaa Miseensa
Gurmeessaa
5 Dr. Ashenafi Belay Miseensa 11 Obbo Fedhesaa Taaddasaa Barreessaa

6 Obbo Abduraahimaan Miseensa 12 Obbo Ermiyaas Admasu Miseensa

Fantaahun

7. Koree Qophii Aadaa (Cultural Issues Committee)

Lak. Maqaa Gahee Lak. Maqaa Gahee

hojii Hojii
1 Dr. Dirriba Dhibbaa Dura 10 Aadde Masarat Shifarraa Miseensa
taa‟aa
2 B/saa Fedhasaa Tadasa Ittaanaa 11 Aadde Ilfinash Qinaaxxii Miseensa
DT
3 B/saa Yisihaaq Raagaa Miseensa 12 Aadde Tsahaay Miseensa
Dassaaleny
4 B/saa Taarikuu Miseensa 13 Aadde Soofiyaa Yimaam Miseensa
Darrasaa
5 B/saa Solomon Miseensa 14 Aadde Daraartuu Gonfaa Miseensa
Alamaayyoo
6 Aadde Guddattuu Miseensa 15 Aadde Milknesh Miseensa
Waaqgaarii Tuujubaa
7 B/saa Gammachuu Miseensa 16 Aadde Qalamuwaa Miseensa
Tsagaayee Zabbanee
8 Adde Aliimaa Jibriil Miseensa 17 Sooressaa Abdiisaa Miseensa
9 Aadde Ilfinesh Miseensa 18 Aadde Almaaz Miseensa
Mul‟ataa Wubaayehu

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Contact:

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Teshome Egere (PhD) Alemayehu Fekede (PhD)
Director, Institute of Oromoo Studies Head, Research and Publication (IOS)

Jimma University Jimma University

P.O.Box 378 P.O.Box 378

[email protected] [email protected]

Office Tel.+251 47 2116581 [email protected]

Cell phone: +251 911 772394 +251 911339596

Oromia, Ethiopia Oromia, Ethiopia

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Axereeraa Kora Idil-Addunyaa Qorannoo Oromoo 3ffaa

Abstracts for 3rd International Oromoo Studies Conference
Ijoo 1: Afaan Oromoo
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1 Waan Garaafi Waan Karaa: Xiinxala Gahee Afoolli Afaan Indaalee Fufaa (PhD)
Barsiisuu Keessatti Qabu

2 The Merits and Demerits of Opting for Monolingual Abarraa Dagafaa (PhD)
Territoriality Principle in a Multilingual Society: The Case of
Ethiopia
3 Haala Daangaa Jechoota Barreeffamaa Afaan Oromoo Keessatti Obbo Abbabaa
Qannoofi Girmaa
Mangistuu (PhD)
4 Causative Constructions in Afaan Oromoo: Structural and Obbo Eebbaa
Semantic Perspectives Tarreessaa (PhD c)
5 Web Corpora of Oromoo and Amharic Fedhaa Naggasaa
(PhD)
6 Choice for a Working Language in Ethiopia: A Case Study Obbo Cimdii
among Graduating Classes of Oromoo Speakers in Selected Waaqumaa
Public Universities
7 The Revolution of Green Economy in Oromia: A Critical Addunyaa Barkeessaa
Discourse Analysis of Abiy Ahmed's Speeches (PhD)
8 Sakatta‟a Madda Gufuuwwan Adeemsa Waaltina Afaan Obbo Damee Abarraa
Oromoo: Afaan Barreeffamaa irratti kan Xiyyeeffate
9 Xiinxala Xalayaalee Afaan Oromootiin Barreeffamanii Obbo Daani‟eel
Lammeessaafi Obbo
Fedhasaa Taaddasaa
10 Qorannoo Sirna Barnoota Afaan Oromoo Kitaabilee LAGIM Xilaahuun Taliilaa
(PhD)-fi …
11 Error Analysis in Billboard Advertisments Written in Afaan Obbo Guutaa Laggasaa
Oromoo in Jimma Town (PhD c)
12 Xiinxala Qubeewwaniifi Jechoota Caasluga Afaan Oromoo: Silashii Biraanuu (PhD)
Xiyyeeffata Maxxanfamoota Afaan Oromootiinii
13 Sirneessa (Waalteessa) Qubee Afaan Oromoo (Standardizing the Obbo Tamaam
Oromoo Alphabet) Yuusuuf
14 The Impacts of Socio-Cultural Practices on Female Students‟ Obbo Abdiisaa
College Education in Oromia: The case of Jimma College of Ayyaanaa
Teachers Education
15 Casaa Hima Gaaffii Afaan Oromoo: Bu‟uura Yaadxina Tashoomaa Balaayinaa
Maddisiisaatiin (PhD)

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Ijoo 2: Aartii/Oguma
1 Qaaccessa Walaloo Zalaalam Abarraa “Ana Ana fi Ana” Tashoomaa Egeree
(PhD)
2 Women and Men in Arsi Oromoo Proverbs: An Implication for Obbo Ayyehu Baacaafi
Gender Equality Obbo Leeniin Kuttoo Fuula| 8
3 Analyzing the role of riddles and children play in the pre-school Obbo Mohammad
education (Art) Namoo
4 Sirboota Aadaa Oromoo Godina Jimmaa Kaleessaafi Har‟aa Obbo Kaamil
Mohaammad
5 Guddina Ogbarruu Oromootiif Gumaacha Amantii Obbo Abarraa
Pirootestaantii Taammanaa
6 Weedduu Cidhaa in Maccaa Oromoo Darajjee Fufaa (PhD)
7 Narrative Techniques in Samalo Afaan Oromoo Film Obbo Fitsum Zagayyee
8 Makmaaksaan Qabanii Nama Gorsuu:Godina W/ Bahaa Alamuu Waaqgaarii
Magaalaa Naqamteerratti kan Xiyyeeffate (PhD)-fi Tinsaa‟ee
Antooniyoo
9 Afoolummaa: Faayidaawwan Afoola Keenyaa Guddina Taaddasaa Jallataa
Keenyaaf (PhD)
10 Oromoo Children‟s Folklore, the Documentation and Contextual Imaanaa Bayyanaa
Analysis of Riddles among Afran Qalloo Oromoo (PhD)-fi Obbo
Taaddalaa Dheeressaa
Ijoo 3: Duudhaa/Custom
1 An Investigation into Manifestation of Oromoo Culture: Focus WandimmuuTaganyi
on the Oromoo Cultural Elements (PhD)
2 An Exploration of Problems and Prospects in Ilu Gadaa Obbo Lammeessaa
Revitalization Waaqgaarii
3 Guddifachaa: An Indigenous Childcare Practice of Oromoo Obbo Taayyyee Didaa
Society: Perspectives and Mechanisms of Revitalization in
Tulama Oromoo
4 Kunuunsa Qabeenya Uumamaa Keessatti Gahee Obbo Dheeressaa
Duudhaaleen Oromoo Qaban Shanan Gibeerratti Dheebuu(PhD c)
Xiyyeeffachuun
5 Xiinxala Laguu Foon Beeyladootaafi Bineensotaan Walqabatu: Obbo Leeniin Kuttoo
Xiyyeeffannoon Oromoo Waayyu Shanan
6 The Custom of Sex Preferences among the Macca Oromoo Garramuu Hulluuqaa
(PhD)
7 Sirna Kabaja Raabaa Oromoo Arsii Aanaa Dodolaa Biratti Obbo Milkessaa Ida‟ee-

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fi Obbo Hasan
Nageessoo
8 Restorative Justice and Re-integrative Shaming of Offenders in Jayilaan Waliyyee
the Oromoo Guma System: Reflection on the Arsi Oromoo (PhD)
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9 Safuu Oromoo Shanan Maccaa Nageenya Buusuu Keessatti Filee Jaallataa (PhD)
qabu
10 Utilization and Conservation Status of Medicinal Plants in SW Qixxeessaa Hundarraa
Oromia (PhD)
11 Beyond the Cannon of Liberal Democracy: A Lesson From Zalaalem T. Sirnaa
Gadaa for Deliberative Democracy (PhD c)
12 Appraising Gadaa System as an African Version of Classical Obbo Solomoon
Human and Democratic Rights Immiruu

Ijoo 4: Seenaa
1 Sakatta‟iinsa Seenaa Seera Ambaa/Arsii Obbo Ginbaar Nagaraa

2 The Epitomizations of Anoole and Menelik II Statues in the Age Obbo Mulualem Daba
Reconciliation in Ethiopian Polity: Challenges and
Opportunities
3 Seenaa Aadaa Jilaafi Tokkummaa Oromoo Obbo Tasafaye Tolassa
(PhD c)
4 Seenaa Wiirtuulee Gadaa Obbo Darajje Innawuu
(PhD c)
5 Seenaa Ogummaa Harkaa Oromoo Maccaatti Kan Xiyyeeffate Obbo Warqinaa
Abarraa

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Baafata/Table of Contents
I. Seenduubee Korichaa (Bakground to the Conference … ………………….................12
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II. Kaayyoo Korichaa………………………………………. …………….........................14
III. Bu‟aa Koricha irraa Eegamu …………………………………………………...............15
IV. Qabiyyeewwan Waraqaa Qorannoof Dhiyaatan …………………………..……..............16
V. Haasaa Simannaa (Welcoming Speech) ……………………………………………..…...18
VI. Haasaa Baniinsaa (Opening Speech)……………………………………………....….......20
Plenary Session Papers…………………………………………………………. ……….......23
1. Exploring Religious Interactions and Political Transformation in Wallagga …………….23
2. The Power of Language, Culture and Art in building Oromoo Identity …………..……..24
Parallel Sessions Paper ………………………………………………………………….…...25
1. Waan Garaafi Waan Karaa: Xiinxala Gahee Afoolli Afaan Barsiisuu Keessatti Qabu …....25
2. The Merits and Demerits of Opting for Monolingual Territoriality ………………….…….26
3. Haala Daangaa Jechoota Barreeffamaa Afaan Oromoo Keessatti ………………….............27
4. Causative Constructions in Afaan Oromoo: Structural and Semantic Perspectives …….….28
5. Choice for a Working Language in Ethiopia: A Case Study ………………………….........29
6. Web Corpora of Oromoo and Amharic …………………………………...………………...30
7. Casaa Hima Gaaffii Afaan Oromoo: Bu‟uura Yaadxina Maddisiisaatiin ………………..…31
8. The Revolution of Green Economy in Oromia: A Critical Discourse …………..……….…32
9. Sakatta‟a Madda Gufuuwwan Adeemsa Waaltina Afaan Oromoo: …………………...........33
10. Xiinxala Xalayaalee Afaan Oromootiin Barreeffamanii ……………………………..……34
11. Qorannoo Sirna Barnoota Afaan Oromoo Kitaabilee LAGIM ………………….………...35
12.Sirneessa (Waalteessa) Qubee Afaan Oromoo (Standardizing the ……….………………..36
13. The Impacts of Socio-Cultural Practices on Female Students‟ College ……………...…...37
14. Error Analysis in Billboard Advertisments Written in Afaan Oromoo in Jimma To…......38
15. Xiinxala Qubeewwaniifi Jechoota Caasluga Afaan Oromoo: ………………………….....39
16. Walaloo Zalaalam Abarraa “Ana Ana fi Ana” ….…….…….. ............................................40
17. Women and Men in Arsi Oromoo Proverbs: An Implication for Gender Equality …….....41
18. Analyzing the Role of Riddles and Children Play in The Pre-School Education..…….…..42

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19. Sirboota Aadaa Oromoo Godina Jimmaa Kaleessaafi Har‟aa ……………….....……...….43

20. Guddina Ogbarruu Oromootiif Gumaacha Amantii Pirootestaantii …………………...….44
21. Narrative Techniques in „Samalo‟ Afaan Oromoo Film ……………………….……….…45
22. Analysis of Folksong Genres: Macca Oromoo Girls‟ Nuptial Songs …………….……....46
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23. Makmaaksaan Qabanii Nama Gorsuu: Godina W/ Bahaa Magaalaa Naqamtee .................47
24. Afoolummaa: Faayidaawwan Afoola Keenyaa Guddina Keenyaaf ....................................48
25. Oromoo Children‟s Folklore, the Documentation and Contextual Analysis of Riddles …..49
26. An Investigation into Manifestation of Oromoo Culture: ……………………………....…50
27. Kunuunsa Qabeenya Uumamaa Keessatti Gahee Duudhaaleen Oromoo Qaban ………...51
28. An Exploration of Problems and Prospects in Ilu Gadaa Revitalization ……..…..............52
29. Guddifachaa: An Indigenous Childcare Practice of Oromoo Society: ………..…..……....53
30. Xiinxala Laguu Foon Beeyladootaafi Bineensotaan Walqabatu: ……………..….………54
31. The Custom of Sex Preferences among the Macca Oromoo ………………………...…...55
32. Sirna Kabaja Raabaa Oromoo Arsii …………………………………………………….…56
33. Restorative Justice and Re-integrative Shaming of Offenders in the Oromoo Guma ….....57
34. Gahee Safuuwwan Shanan Maccaa Nageenya Buusuu Keessatti Qabu ……….............…58
35. Utilization and Conservation Status of Medicinal Plants in SW Oromia …………….…..59
36. Beyond the Cannon of Liberal Democracy: A Lesson From Gadaa …………..…………..60
37. Appraising Gadaa System as an African Version of Classical ............................................61
38. Sakatta‟iinsa Seenaa Seera Ambaa/Arsii ………………………………………..…...…...62
39. The Epitomizations of Anoole and Menelik II Statues in the Age of Reconciliation..........63
40. Seenaa Aadaa Jilaafi Tokkummaa Oromoo ……………………………………………....64
41 Seenaa Wiirtuulee Gadaa ………………………………………………………………......65
42.Seenaa Ogummaa Harkaa Oromoo Maccaatti irrati kan Xiyyeeffate ……………….……..66

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I. Seenduubee Korichaa (Background to the Conference)

Sabni tokko afaan, aadaa, aartiifi seenaa mataasaa akka qabu eenyu birattiyyuu beekamaadha.
Afaan mallattoo eenyummaa saba tokkoo meeshaa riqicha ta‟ee beekumsa dhalootaa gara
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dhalootaatti darbarsudha. Hawaasni afaansaatiin dubbachuu, barreessuu, dubbisuu, qorachuu,
walumaagalatti, ittiin hojjechuu yoo hindandeenye qaroomuus ta‟e aadaa, aartiifi seenaasaa
galmeessee dhaloota boriif dabarsuu hindanda‟u.

Haata‟u malee, sabni Oromoo waggoota hedduu darban keessa afaan isaatti gargaaramee
seenaasaa, falaasamasaa, aadaasaafi ogbarruusaa gabbifachuu, akkasumas, eenyummaasaa
akka hinkabachiisiffanne dhiibbaan kana hinjedhamne isarraa gahaa tureera.Ta‟us, dhiibbaa
mootummoonni abbaa irree darban irratti taasisaa turan sanaaf osoo hinjilbeenfatiin, beekumsa
asiliisaa (indigenous knowledge) itti cichee qabachuun wareegama qaqqaalii baasee har‟aan
ga‟atee jira.

Har‟ammoo carraa argametti fayyadamuun dagaagina afaan, aadaa, seenaafi ogumasaa

dhugoomsuuf kallattii adda addaan tattaafataa jira. Guddina afaan tokkoo kan murteessu haala
inni keessaatti tajaajila kennudha. Fakkeenyaaf, afaan Ingilizii fi afaan Faransaayi guddachuufi
ogbarruu gabbataa qabaachuu kan danda‟an sababaa siyaasaa-dinagdeefi aad-hawaasaatiinidha.
Kana waliin, afaanonni kunniin lamaan biyyoota addunyaa baayyee keessatti bal‟inaan
dubbatamu; afaan hojiis ta‟anii tajaajilu.

Yeroo kamiyyuu caalaa yeroo ammaa kana dhimmi mirga afaan ofiitiin fayyadamuu akkuma
mirgoota ilmaan namaa birootti xiyyeeffannoo argataa jira. Afaan ofiitiin eenyummaa
ciimsachuu, mirga ofii fayyadamuun bu‟uuraa waan ta‟eef, bu‟aa ba‟ii cimaa booda,
dhaabbileen idil-addunyaa kanneen akka UNESCO baroota 1980-1990 uummattoonni afaan
dhalootasaanii dhorkaa tokko malee akka itti fayyadaman hojiirra oolmaasaaf itti cichanii
hojjechuu eegalan. Sanaan dura,bara 1953tti daa‟imman afaan dhalootaasaaniitiin akka baratan
murtaa‟ee inni ture baroota kanneen gidduutti cimee itti fufe.

Jaarraa 19ffaa irraa eegalee ummanni Oromoos mirga afaansaatti fayyadamuu gonfachuuf

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carraaqqii gochuu eegale. Hojiileen ogbarruu Oromoos hayyootaan dadammaqee

jalqabame.Fakkeenyaaf, barreessitoota Oromoo keessaa Onesmos Kitaaba Qulqulluu gara
Afaan Oromotti jijjiiruudhaan seenaa haaraa galmeessise.Ittaansuun, Sheek Bakirii Saphaloo
qubee haraa (Qubee Saaphaloo) uumuun Afaan Oromoo ittiin barreessuuf carraaqii tasise.
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Akkuma barri Dargii darbeen ummanni Oromoo afaansaatti fayyadamuu yemmuu eegalu,
barreessitoonni kanneen akka Gaaddisaa Birruu, Dhaabaa Wayyeessaa, Esaayyaas Hordofaa,
Takilee Qinaaxxii, Kumsaa Buraayyuu fa‟i kitaabilee asoosamaa maxxansiisuu eegalan.
Guuboon/galmeen jechootaa hedduunis namoota hedduutiin barreeffamanii argaman.Kana
malees, yeroo ammaa kanaa sadarkaa daa‟immanii kaasee hanga dhaabbilee barnootaa
olaanootti barnoonni ittiin kennamaa jira; waajiraaleen mootummaa Naannoo Oromiyaa
keessaatti argaman itti fayyadamaa jiru.

Gama kaaniinis kan xiyyeeffannoo argatee irratti hojjetamaa jiru tokko aadaa ummatichaati.
Aadaan boonsaa ummatichaa dur dagatamee ture qorannoon irratti geggeeffamee achii as
bahuufi galmaa‟ee taa‟uun hedduu barbaachisaadha. Kunis, jalqabbii gaariirra kan jiru
ta‟uyyuu cimee ittifufuutu eegama. Fakkeenyaaf, safuu hawaasaa, aadaan waldhabdee furuu,
aadaa Irreecha, Ateetee, Ingiccaa, Taaboree… yeroo ammaa kana qorannoon irratti
geggeeffameefi barreeffamee dhaloonni akka yaadatuuf olkaa‟uun barbaachisaadha; irratti
hojjetamaas jira.

Kana qofa miti.Uummanni Oromoo oguma/aartii matasaa qaba. Isaanis, ogbarruu kanneen
akka afoolaa, asoosama dheeraa, asoosama gabaabaa, walaloo, diraamaa, bobboca, ijaarsa,
muuziqaa, meeshaa aadaa qoratamanii haala maaliirra akka jiran ibsuun eegalameera. Sunis,
cimee itti fufee irratti hojjetamuu qaba.Kana malees, seenaan ummata Oromoo barreeffamee
dhaloota dhufuuf olkaa‟amuu waan qabuuf, qorattoonni dirree adda addaa xiyyeeffannoo itti
kennuun gaaffii yeroo waan ta‟eef, yeroo kamiyyuu caalaa irratti hojjechuutu egama.

Yuunivarsitii Wallaggaatti Dhaabbanni Qorannoo Oromoofi Afiroo Eeshiyaatikii (Institute of

Oromo and Afro-Asiatic Studies) dhimma Qorannoowwan Oromoofi afaanota Itoophiyaa
keessatti argaman ilaalchisee hojiilee jiran dhuunfatee hojjechuuf akka danda‟uuf dhaabbate.

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Kan inni sadarkaa giddu-galaatti hojjettoota sadii qabatee hundeeffames A.L.I. gaafa
19/05/2007tti yemmuu ta‟u, kan inni sadarkaa dhaabbataatti guddate immoo bara 2009 ture.
Kan inni dhaabbates afaan, aadaafi aartii Oromoo dagaagsuufi tursuuf jedhameeti.

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Akkuma beekamu, meeshaaleen aadaa qabiinsa dhabuudhaan babbadaa/dulloomaa jiru;
jaarsoliin odeeffannoo amanamaa namaa kennuu danda‟an utuu kuufama beekumsaa isaanii hin
dabarsiin du‟aa jiru.Kun immoo dhaloonni haaraan beekumsaafi odeeffannoo uummatichaa
faana dhahuu sadarkaa dhabuurra gahaa jiru. Dhimma kanaafi kan biroorratti dhaabbatichi
gahee matasaa ba‟a jedhamee yaadama. Gahee olaanaa inni taphata jedhamee abdatamu
keessaa odeeffannoo sassaabuufi qaaccessuu, meeshaalee aadaa badiisarraa baraaruuf walitti
qabanii godanbaa qopheessuun kaa‟uufi meeshaalee aadaafi aartii addeessuu (describing)-dha.
Kana malees, kitaabilee barreessuufi maxxansiisuu, godanbaafi mana kitaabaaf haala mijeessuu
karoorawwan jiran keessaa muraasa.Darbees, dhaabbatichi tajaajila adda addaa qaamolee
hawaasaaf nikenna.Fakkeenyaaf, barreessitootaaf gorsa ogummaa kennuufi haala humni
dhaabbatichaa eeyyameen maxxansiisaafi hojii kalaqaarratti kanneen deggarsa barbaadaniif
muuxannoofi qajeelfama gumaachuun nijiraata jedhamee amanama. Yeroo ammaa kana
qulqullinni barnootaa gadi bu‟uu waliin haala walqabateen kitaabileen barreeffamanii ba‟an
sadarkaan saanii gama gadi bu‟aa ta‟uusaa ragaalee jiran keessa tokko kitaabileedhuma
kanneenidha.

Kaayyoolee Dhaabbatichaa keessa tokko sadarkaa naannoo, biyyoolessaafi Idil-addunyaatti

kora qindeessuufi qopheessuudha.Kana bu‟uura godhachuun, dhaabbatichi Ebla 13‟fi
14/2018tti Kora Idil-Addunyaa, Dhaabbata Qorannoo Oromoo Yuunvarsitii Jimmaa waliin
ta‟uun qopheessee jira. Ijoon Korichi irratti geggeefamaa jirus: ‘Afaan, Oguma/Aartii, Aadaafi
Seenaa Oromoo: Danqaaleefi Carraalee’ kan jedhudha.
Kaayyooleen Kora kanaas kan armaan gadiiti:

II. Kaayyoo Korichaa

Kaayyoolee Gooroo
Kaayyoolee waliigalaa Kora kanaa ijoo guddaa “Afaan, Oguma, Duudhaafi Seenaa Oromoo:
Danqaawwaniifi Carraalee” jedhu irratti qorannoolee qophaa‟an mariif dhiyeessuuniifi firii isaa

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maxansuun haala hawaasichi argatee dubbisuu danda‟uu mijeessuudha.

Kaayyoolee Gooree
Kaayyoolee Gooree Kora kanaa kanneen armaan gadiiti:
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1. Dandeettiiwwan bu‟uuraa (dubbisuufi barreessuu) afaanii qorannoo dhiheessuu,
2. Qorannoo Oromoo irratti qindoomina dhaabbilee barnoota olaanaa cimsuu,
3. Qorannoo Xiinqooqa Oromoo irraatti dalagaman dhiheessuu,
4. Rakkoolee gama ogbarruu Oromoon jiran irratti dhiheessuun irratti mar‟atanii fala kaa‟uu,
5. Ayyaanaalee (Irreecha, Buttaa, Ateetee, kkf.) Oromoo irratti qorannoowwan hojjetaman
dhieessuun beekumsa wal jijjiiruugadifageenyaan,
6. Isa duraan qoratamerratti hundaa‟uun Seenaa ummata Oromoo marii bal‟aafi gadi fagoo
taasisuu.
7. Ijaarsi Gamoo Dhaabbata Qorannoofi Afro-Ashiyaawaa Oromoo akkamitti milkaa‟uufi
gargaaruun akkamitti akka danda‟amurratti maree taasisuu,
8. Haalatti Afaan, aartiiniifi, aadaa/duudhaan Oromoo guddina biyyaaf oolurratti
mariiyachuuf,
9. Walta‟insa Yuunvarsitoota Oromoiyaafi qaamolee hawaasaa gidduu jiruru cimsuuf marii
taasisuu,
10. Afaan Oromootiin qorannoo gaggeessuu shaakaluufi dhaqna godhachuuf,

III. Bu‟aa Koricha irraa Eegamu (Expected Outcome)

Kora Kanarraa bu‟aan eegamu nijira.Fakkeenyaaf,dhimma afaan, artii, aadaafi seenaa Oromoo
ilaalchisuun qorattoonni, abbootiin Gadaa, gaggeessitoonnifi jaarsoonni biyyaa waliin ta‟uun
bu‟aalee qorannoo, muuxannoofi mul‟ata qabanirratti carraa yaada waljijjiiruu argatu.
Bu‟uuruma kanaan, firiin qorannoo kanarraa eegamu kan armaan gadii ta‟a:
1. Icciitiin afaan, aadaa, ogumaafi seena Oromoo keessa jiru qorannoodhaan ifa bahee
jijjiirama, guddinaafi faayyidaa ummatichaaf akka ta‟u waliin kallatiin agarsiifama.
2. Konfiraansichi kanneen afaan Oromootti fayyadaman seeraafi sirnaan akka barreessaniifi
dubbisan galtee faayida-qabeessa kennaaf.
3. Rakkoolee barreeffamaa afaan Oromoo barjaarratti (taappeellaarratti) mul‟atan akkamitti
akka dhabamsiifaman nimariiyatama.

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4. Duudhaalee Oromoo mootummoota abbaa irreetiin awwaalamanii turan haalatti deebisanii

dagaagsan yaada waljijjiiruun nidanda‟ama.
5. Yuunivarsitoonni Oromiiyaa keessatti argaman qabeenyaa qaban walitti fiduun akkamiin
afaan, aadaa, aartiifi seenaa Oromoo akka dagaagsan nimariiyatu.
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6. Dhimmi gidduu-gala qorannoo Oromoo haala itti fufiinsa qabuun akkamitti akka
geggeeffamu qajeelfamni nitaa‟a.
7. Biirooleen waamichi taasifammeef, bulchitoonni hawaasaa, geggeessitoonniifi qorattoonni
Oromoo gamoowwan giddu-gala qorannoolee Oromoo saffisaan akkamiin akka ijaaran
yaada kennuufi fudhachuuf carraa argatu.
8. Hojiilee qorannoo isa durii caalaa tokkummaa Yuunvarstoota Oromiyaatiin sadarkaa
qorannoo Oromoo olkaasuudhaaf mariin nitaasifama.
9. Dhaabbileen mitimootummaa qorannoo Oromoo dagaagsuurratti sochii ta‟uuf kaka‟umsa
argatu.
10. Aartiin Oromoo lafa kufee ka‟uun barsiisuu, bashannansiisuufi qeequurra darbee
guddinaaf haala akka mijeessu hubannoon horatamee uummanni dagaaginaasaatiif cinaa
akka dhaabbatu kakka‟umsa argata.

IV. Qabiyyeewwan Waraqaalee Qorannoo Dhiyaatan

1. Afaan
 Xiinqooqa (Linguistics)
 Xiin-saga Afaan Oromoo (Phonetics)
 Xiin-dhaamsaga Afaan Oromoo (Phonology)
 Xiin-jecha Afaan Oromoo ( Morphology)
 Xiin-hima Afaan Oromoo (Syntax)
 Xiin-hiika Afaan Oromo ( Semantics)
 Haal-dubii Oromoo (Pragmatics)
 Dandeettiiwwan Bu‟uuraa Afaan Oromoo (basic Afaan Oromoo skills)
o Barreesuu (qubeessuu, jecha, keeyyata)
o Dubbisuu
2. Oguma/Art
 Aartii Hurruubbii (Performing Art)

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o Muuziqaa
o Jeedaloo
o Sirboota
o Do‟ii
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o Tiyaatira
o Diraamaa
o Faaruuwwan
o Shubbisoota
o Fiilmii,kkf
 Aartii hinsochoone (visual art)
o Bobboca
o Fakkii
o Meeshaalee muuziqaa
o Halluuwwan
 Afoola
o oduu durii,
o geerarsa,
o hibboo,
o mammaaksa,
o tapha ijoollee,kkf
 Ogbarruu
o asoosama gabaabaa,
o asoosama dheera,
o walaloo, kkf
3. Duudhaalee (Customs)
 Sirnoota
 Ayyaanota
4. Seenaa Oromoo (Oromoo History)

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V. Haasaa Simannaa (Welcoming Speech)

Dr. Eebbaa Miijanaa, Pirezidaantii Yuunvarsiitii Wallaggaa

Kabajamtoota Abbootii Gadaa, jaarsolii biyyaa, qorattootaafi hirmaattota Kora kanaa hundaa:
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Baga nagaan gara magaalaa Naqamtee, bakka siidaan Onismos Nasiibfi Aster Gannoo argamu,
magaalaa gootonni kanneen akka Dr. Haayilee Fidaa, Luba Guddinaafi Baaroo Tumsaa
keessatti baratanii seenaa hojjetanii darban dhuftan. Kora mataduree ijoo Qorannoo, “Afaan,
Aadaa, Aartiifi Seenaa Oromoo” jedhurratti gaggeeffamu irratti argamuuf hundi keessan
waamicha keenya kabajjanii baga nagaan dhuftan isiniin jedha.

Kabajamtoota keessummoota keenya,

Akkuma beekamu Afaan Oromoo afaan uummata hedduun dubbatamuun Afrikaa keessatti
sadarkaa 3ffaa irratti argamu ta‟ee utuu jiruu, afaan qorannoo, hojiifi barnootaa utuu hinta‟iin
baroota hedduu lakkoofsiseera. Har‟a yeroo jalqabaaf akka idiladdunyaatti afaan carraa
konfiraansiin kun ittiin geggeeffamu ta‟ee, argamuunsaa hedduu kan namatti tolu ta‟uusa
walnama hingaafachiisu.Yuunivarsiitiin keenya, amantaa Afaan Oromoo afaan barreeffamaa
ta‟uu qaba jedhu fudhachuun, afaanichi afaan qorannoo, afaan joornaaliin ittiin maxxanffamufi
korri/konfiraansiin ittiin gaggeeffamu ta‟uu kunoo har‟a agarsiiseera.

Hawaasni keenya aadaa, aartiifi seenaa akka cirracha galaanaa hammaaramee hindhumne
qaba. Isaan kunis, afaaniin ibsamu.Fakkeenyaaf, afaan qaama aadaa ta‟ee aadaa ibsuuf gahee
olaanaa qaba. Afaan, aadaafi aartiin Oromoo baroota dheeraaf guddinni saanii sarbamee ture,
yeroo ammaa kana barri dhufeefii afaan hojiifi afaan barnoota naannoo ta‟uurra darbee, gara
afaan hojii mootummaa Federaalaa akka ta‟uuf irratti hojjetamaa jirachuusaa yemmuu
dhageenyu, baga jiraannee argine nama jechisiisa.

Firii gaarii qorannoo dhimma aartii, afaan, seenaafi aadaa Oromoo har‟a yemmu
dhandhamachaa jirru kanaaf, lammiileen lafee, dhiigaafi lubbuusaanii gumaachaniiru.Hedduu
isaanii keessaa Sheekbakarii Saphaloo, Onesmoos Nasii yookiin Abbaa Gammachiis, Generaal
Taaddasaa Birruu, kkf akka fakkeenyaatti tuquun nidanda‟ama.Isaan kunniin, haala mijataa
hintaane keessatti dhimma barachuu uummata Oromoo ilaalchisuun cichanii hojjetanii darbuun

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saanii, hojii har‟aaf bu‟uura ta‟eera.Kanaaf, dhaloonni isaan yaadachuu qaba.

Yuunivarsiitiin Wallaggaa afaan, aartiifi aadaa Oromoo dagaagsuuf kutatee erga ka‟ee oolee,
buleera. Kanas kan mirkaneessu tokko, Afaan Oromoo muummeewwaan lama banuun digirii
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jalqabaan fiildii adda addaa qabaachuudha. Muummeen tokko, Afaan Oromoofi Ogabbarruu
digirii jalqabaa (BA), digirii lammaffaa (MA)fi digirii sadaffaa (PhD) yemmuu ta‟u, inni
biroon immoo, Muummee Aartii (Tiyaatirafi diraamaa, dizaayinii, faayin aartiifi muuziqaa)
kan of jalatti hammatudha.

Kana malees, Yuunivarsiitichi dhaabbata (Institute) qorannoo “Oromo and Afiro-Asiatic

Studies” jedhamu dhaabuun dalagaa qorannoo finiinsuu eegaleera. Konfiraansiin kunillee bu‟aa
sochii dhaabbata/Instiitiyuutii kanaati. Yuunivarsitiin Wallaggaa joornaaliin Afaan Oromootiin
qophaa‟uuufi JOSaR (Journal of Oromo Studies and Research) jedhamu maxxansa jalqabaa
dubbistootaaf dhiyeesseera.

Egaa konfiraansiin Qorannoo Oroomoo Idil-addunyaa kun si‟a lamaa, Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaatti
inni sadaffaan immoo, kunoo Yuunivarsitii Jimmaa waliin ta‟uun kan gaggeeffamu yemmuu
ta‟u, isa baranaa kana kan adda taasisu, mata-dureewwan gurguddoo afur jechuunis afaan,
aartii, aadaafi seenaarratti xiyeeffachuunfi Afaan Oromoo afaan konfiraansiin kun itti
gaggeeffamau ta‟uusaati.

Turtii guyyoota lamaaf waraqaaleen qorannoo 40 ol ni dhihaatu. Kanneen hundarraa hedduu

buufanna jedheen abdadha. Irra deeb‟ee baga nagaan dhuftan jechaa turtii gaarii isinii hawwa..

Waan nadhaggeeffattaniif galatoomaa; horaa bulaa!

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VII. Haasaa Baniinsaa (Opening Speech)

Prof. Fiqiree Lammessaa, Pirezidaantii Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa

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Kabajamtoota Abboottii Gadaa,
Kabajamtoota Keessummoota Keenyaa Biyya Alaatiis Biyya Keessaatiis Dhuftani,
Hayyuulee Dhaabbilee Barnnotaafi Dhaabbilee Gara Garaarraa Dhuftani,
Hirmaattota Konfiraansiichaa Hundi,

Anaa dhufu! Baga nagaan dhuftan!

Yeroo Dhaabbata Qorannoo Oromoo Yuunvarsitii Jimmaatti dhaabnu, akka deeggarsaafi

saakumummaa dhaabbilee olaanoo kanneen biroorraa argatu shaakkii kan hinqabaanne taa‟us,
hagas saffisa jennee hinyaanne. Koonfiraansii Idil-adduunyaa isa jalqabaa yeroo qopheessinus
osoo walirraa hin citiin, wagga waggaan qophaa‟a yaanni jedhu nu keessatti akka har‟aa ifaa
hinturre. Imalli gootni tokko booree baafachuuf godhu gulantaa irraa tokko jedhee akkuma
jalqabu, tokko jennee har‟a kunoo sadii jechuuf milkoofneerra.

Milkaa‟ina isa sadaffaa kanaaf fedhiifi dalagni Yuunvarsitiin Wallaggaa taasise hedduu kan
nama boonsuuf tokkummaan waliin hojjechuufis fakkeenya guddaa waan ta‟eef Yuunvarsiitii
Wallaggaa hedduun galateefadha.

Guddiini beekumsaa amma jiru, afaan bakka-bu‟aa moggaafama waan tokkoorra kan darbu
ta‟uu eera. Jiruufi jireenya namootaa keessatti kanneen murteessaa ta‟an keessaa isa jalqabaa
ta‟uu isaas ni ibsama.Afaan eenyummaafi muuxannoo nimurteessaa.

Kana waliin wal qabatee, seenaa Koloneeffattoota Afrikaa yaadachuun ni danda‟ama.

Koloneeffattoonni meeshaalee qabatanii dhufan keessaa inni tokko afaan isaaniiti. Afaan
isaanii kanas warra koloneeffatanitti fe‟uun akka isaan afaan abbaafi haadha isaanii gad
xiqqeessanii ilaalan isaan godhan. Ilaalchi kun ammoo adeemsa keessa akka isaan eenyummaa
isaanii, aadaa isaanii, amantaa isaaniirratti yoo xiqqaate shakkii uumanii kan warra
koloneeffattanii wayya gara jedhuutti isaan akka dhiibe seenaan ni agarsiisa. Ammas kun akka

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boombii awwaalamee yeroo gara garaatti dhohuun tokkummaa Afrikaarratti danqaa uumuu
yaala. Bu‟aan Afrikaa afaaniin qoqqooduu inni tokko kana irraa akka madde hubachuun nama
hin rakkisu.

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Kabajamtoota hirmaattota kora kanaa,
Ilaalchonni walii faallaa ta‟an kan ol kaahaman afaaniini. Lakkuuwwan kannen akka beekaafi
wallaalaa, sooressafi hiyyeessa, ogeessaafi doofaa afaaniin darbu.Isaan kunneen afaan
walakkeeffachuun afoolaan daddarbu.Afoolichis dubbii afaaniin dhalootaa dhalootatti
darba.Afoolliifi afaan akka malkaa gamaa gamanaa walitti yaa‟ee laga guddaa sooruu
eenyummaa sooru. Daa‟imman dur-durii dhaggeeffachuuf kan dheebotan keessa isaaniitii
eenyummaa ijaaramuuf jirutu isaan dhiiba waan ta‟eefi. Kana irraa gahee afaaniifi afoolli
eenyummaa uumuu keessatti qaban hubachuun nama hinrakkisu.

Guddina afaanii, ogbarruu, dudhaa, seenaanfi aartii guddina biqiltootaa waliin wal qabsiisuun
ilaaluu dandeenya. .Daa‟imti tokko qaamaan guddachuuf akka nyaanni madaalawaan ishee
barbaachisu, sammuufi sansakaan guddachuuf afaan, dudhaan, seenaan, aartiin ishee
barbaachisa. Daa‟imti afaaniin yaada bakka buufatti.Fedhiis ittiin ibsatti.Aartiin soorata qalbiifi
dhageettiiti. Mil‟uu egereelle kan keessatti horatani. Yoo aartii qabnuun bor ilaalle malee
kaleessa boruu eessaa finneetu har‟a keenyee dabarra? Aartiin Oromoo amma kallattii
garagaraan baala babal‟ifataa jiru boru cirriiqfatee ija gaarii akka godhatuuf har‟a jalaa
carabuun barbaachisaadha. Ogbarruu Oromoo bara jalqaba 1880-oota keessa biqilee bara 1990-
otta keessa gu‟ee, akka gu‟etti osoo hinhafiin, jalqaba Jarraa digdamii tokkofaa keessa daraare
akka ija gaarii godhatuuf qeeqqaan deeggaruun barbaachisaadha.

Ogbarruunfi aartiin Oromoo haa dagaagan malee qeeqni isaanirratti taasifamuu akka dagaagina
jaraa miti. Yoo qeeqaan deegaraman malee, qulqullinni hojiiwwan kalaqaa kun eegamuu hin
danda‟u. Kanaafuu, qorannoowwan qeeqqaa kora akkasiifi dhaabbilee sabquunnamtii gara
garaan akka dalagaa guddaa tokkootti xiyyeeffannoo argachuu qaba. Qeeqqawwan kallattii
garagaraan dhufan kun ammoo imaammata dingadee, siyaasaa, barnootaafi, aadaaf kallattii
akeekuu danda‟a. Kanaafuu, kora kana irratti sadarkaa, qulqullinaa, danqaawwan qeeqqaa
ogbarruu, aartii, fiilmii, aadaa hedduminaan ka‟anii gara fuula duraatti kallattiin adeemsaa
nikennama jedheen abdadha.

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Uummanni Oromoo, uummata bal‟aadha. Seenaan isaas akkasuma jiruufi jereenya yeroo
dheeraa uummata kaan waliin qooddatuun hedduu bal‟aafi wal xaxaadha. Seenaan nama alaan
barreeffamaniifi seenaan hayyoota Oromoon barreeffaman waa‟ee seenaa uummatichaa
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kallatttii gara gaaraan akka ilaalamu taasisuu danda‟u jedheen yaada.Seenaa dabe qajeelchuun
kan hinbaane baasuun dirqama hayyoota seenaa amma jiraniiti. Kanarratti qorannoowwan
dhihaatan hubannoo seenaa uumatichaaf gumaachi isaanii laayyoo akka hin taane nan amana.

Walumaagalatti, Kora Idil-addunyya Oromoo Sadaffaa kanarratti qorannoowwan afurtamaa ol

ni dhihaatu. Qorannoowwan kun mata-duree guddicha “Afaan, Oguma, Dudhaafi Seenaa
Oromoo: Carraafi Danqaa Jiru” jedhu jalatti mata-dureewwan arfan Afaan, Oguma, Dudhaafi
Seenaa irratti xiyyeefatu. Qorannoowwan kanarratti hundaa‟uun yaadni madduufi marii walii
galaarraa yaadni argamu Afaan Oromoo, afaan Federaalaa taasisuuf tarsiimoolee qophaa‟uu
qaban, qeeqqaan gama ogbarruun, aartiin akkasumas seenaafii dudhaa godhamu akka
jajjabeeffamuuf babala‟atuuf gaheen dhaabbilee gara garaa maal ta‟uu akka qabuu kallattii
nikaa‟a jedheen abdadha.

Turtii gaarii isiniif hawwaa, korri idil-addunyaa Qorannoo Oromoo Sadaffaa saaqamuu isiniif
mirkaneessa!

Horaa Bulaa!

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Lead Papers on the 3rd International Conference of Oromoo Studies

Exploring Religious Interactions and Political Transformation in Wallagga

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By Tesema Ta‟a (Prof.)

Abstract

The Oromoo of Wallagga are one the Maccaa branches of the larger Oromoo people inhabiting
western Oromia Regional State of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The early
history of the Oromoo society reveals that they belong to the Cushitic stock who lived in
Northeast Africa including Ethiopia from time immemorial. The Oromoo speak one intelligible
language, Afaan Oromoo and administered themselves accoprding to the Gadaa system which
is essentially democratic and egalitarian. Their religion was neither Christianity nor Islam but it
was an indigenous belief system known as Waaqeffanna (worshipping one God, Waaqa/
Waaqayyo). The Oromoo Waaqa is similar to the God of the Christians and Allah of the
Muslims. It is not exactly clear when the Oromoo in general and the Wallagga Oromoo in
particular began to be converted either to Christianity or Islam. But there is a common
understanding among scholars that it was in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that
Christianity and Islam were introduced into south-western Ethiopia in general and Wallagga in
particular. According to the recent arguments of scholars the rationalization of certain belief
and its symbolic expression, religion is a unified system of belief which involves certain
institutions, ritual practices and rules of conduct. In this case religions would increasingly
borrow from each other and a global consensus on the value of religion in the society would
eventually evolve. Based on such expositions, this paper attempts to highlight briefly the
historical developments of religious interactions in Wallagga from 1840s to 1930s. It will also
narrate the positive and negative influences between the traditional religion, Christianity
(Orthodox, Catholicism, Protestantism) and Islam as well as examine the symbiotic relations
that were eventually created among the different religions.

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The Power of Language, Culture and Art in building Oromoo Identity1

Asebe Regasa (PhD)
Abstract
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Oromummaa – as a culturally, spiritually, ontologically and historically embedded expression
of Oromoo identity has recently been resurfaced among the Oromoo in many dimensions.
Although Oromoo identity inherently existed with/in the people, it passed through different
trajectories and ruptures responding to internal and external influences and dynamics.
Historical reconstructions since the 1960s and the revival of Oromoo Art and Language
particularly since 1991 have contributed to the rise of Oromoo identity. Oromoo identity is also
embedded in the cultural values and expressed through different folk songs, literary works,
material culture and other symbolic representations. Scholarly works reveal that identity is
socially constructed based on changing circumstances. Oromoo identity has been built in
response to oppressive political orders, exploitative economic systems, cultural marginalization
and historical underrepresentation within Ethiopia. While language, art and culture have the
power of shaping group identity, emerging Oromoo identity should be analyzed within the
broader political contexts in the country. The paper argues that Oromoo intellectuals, artists,
politicians and the youth have all fomented the rise of Oromoo identity and are now pushing
the contours from self-consciousness to emancipation. It is further found out that power is
constituted not only within institutions and structures but also within discourses and
knowledge. Wide ranges of discourses produced and expressed through arts and embedded in
Oromoo language have strong power in molding Oromummaa in which the knowledge of
culture and history play paramount role. As colonialism has given birth to African nationalism
that eventually strengthened national liberation movements, hegemonic politico-economic and
socio-cultural systems in Ethiopia contributed to the rise of Oromoo nationalism and the quest
for self-determination, cultural emancipation and economic autonomy. Cultural repertoires and
practices including the Gadaaa system, literary expressions such as folksongs, revitalization of
Oromoo language and reconstruction of Oromoo history are key ingredients in the making of
Oromoo identity. While the Gadaaa system, for example, preserved Oromoo wisdom and
values of human-human and human-non-human interactions, Oromoo language (through arts)
has brought the agonies and tragedies, and aspirations and visions of the Oromoo. Likewise,
history – as a phenomenon and memories of Oromoo experiences in the past, and also as a
platform of reconstructing wrongly represented stories, also serves as an engine of
understanding the place of the Oromoo within the Ethiopian polity.

Keywords: Oromummaa, identity, self-consciousness, emancipation, Oromoo

1
Asebe Regassa Debelo (PhD Assistant Professor of Development Studies, currently serving as Director of Research and
Dissemination Directorate of Dilla University, Ethiopia. Moreover, I am affliated staff member to the department of
Geography (Political Geography Unit) at Zürich University, Switzerland.

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Papers on Afaan Oromoo

Waan Garaafi Waan Karaa: Xiinxala Gahee Afoolli Barumsa Afaan

Oromoo Keessatti Qabuu
Indaaluu Fufaa (PhD) Fuula| 25
Yuunivarsiitii Arsii, Kolleejjii Barumsaafi Qorannoo Toora Yaadqalbii
Muummee Sirna Barnootaafi Gabbina Ogummaa Barsiisummaa
Email: [email protected] ; [email protected]

Axereeraa
Hawaasi Oromoo, calaqqee eenyummaa isaa kan ta‟e afoola bifa sheekkoo, makmaaksa, durii-
duriifi tapha bifa garaa-garaa kan qabu dha. Adeema baruu-barsiisuu keessatillee, afoolli iddoo
mataa isaafi gahee akka qabu sadarkaa gadiirraa hanga yuniivarsiitiitti shaakalaafi laallee
kenniinsa barumssaarraa kan hubatamudha. Adeemsi wayyabni mirkansuu kan calaqqisiise haa
ta‟u malee garuu, ce‟umsi fi waliin deemsi afaaniffaarraa gara barreeffamaa, akkasumas
dagaaginni gargaaramni Afoola Oromoo barnoota keessatti qabu, hanga eegame deemeera
jechuun hin danda‟amu. Bu‟uura kanaan, qorannoon kun, barannoo og-afoolaa sadarkaa
yunivarsitiitti kennamu keessatti, bakki makmmaksi qabu hangam akka ta‟e xiinxaluudhaan
bal‟ina, gad-fageenyaafi cimina isaa ifatti baasuudhaaf hojjetame. Ijoon qorannichaa shaakala
Makmaaksa Oromoo yeroo ta‟u, saxaxi qorannichaa, sakkatta‟a bifa addeessaa, malli
jal‟aanaanimmoo, xiinxala waa‟eeti. Ragaaleen qorannoo kanaaf oolan, bifa calaqqee
muuxannoo dalagaarraatin kan dhiyaatan turan. Maddeenis, barattootaa (L=25) barsiisota
(L=4) turan. Kanuma faanas, meeshaaleen rag-guurtuun gaggaafannoo barreeffamaa
(Questionnaire) fi afgaaffi (semi-structured interview) turan.Ka‟umsa kanaan, xiinxalli muuxa
barsiisotaafi barattootaa; akkasumas, calaqqee argannoolee duree qabatee
geggeeffame.Argannooleen akka mul‟isanittis, makmaaksi irra-caalaa maalummaatiin malee,
ergaa qabuun akka hin dhiyaatin hubatamee jira. Shaakalli irra-caalaan, hojii dareerratti kan
bu‟urawe ta‟ee, hojiin qu‟annoofi xiinxalaa dhiibbaa makmmaksi hubee aadaafi xiinxala taatee
jiruurratti qabu baay‟ee murtaawaa ture. Barattooti makmaaksa barachuurraa ka‟anii
makmaaksarraa barachuu; achirraass, makmaaksaan barachuuf haalli itti yaadamee qindaa‟e
akka hin jirretu hubatame.Kunis, gahee walii-galaa makmaaksi akka koobaa dubbiitti qabu,
daangessee jira.Yaboon kanaaf jiru, makmaaksa Oromoo haala itti baratamuu danda‟u bifa
gahee isaatiin dubbii fiduu, dubbii himuu fi dubbii fixuutiin wal-qabsiisanii qorachuutiin
cimsuun ammas itti-gaafatama qorannoo ta‟a.
Jechoota Ijoo: Gahee, Afoola, Barumsa, Afaan Oromoo

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The Merits and Demerits of Opting for Monolingual Territoriality Principle

in a Multilingual Society: The Case of Ethiopia
Aberra Degefa
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Abstract
Ethiopia is a multilingual society where language was taken as one of the core elements for
delimiting the territorial boundaries of the Regional States of the Federation. According to the
Federal Constitution, members of the federation have the power to determine their respective
working languages. Based on this, most Regional States have chosen the language of a group
that is in the majority within the given Region as their working language. This is in line with
linguistic territory principle which picks only one territory-based language regardless of the
number of linguistic groups in the territory. This approach discourages bilingualism or
plurilingualism and as such, it tends to build language barrier between the Regions where each
linguistic groups remain monolingual and kept within their linguistic regime. The same
monolingual approach has been used at the Federal level as well. The wider implication of
adopting monolingualism at the Federal level which discourages bilingualism or
multilingualism will also be examined. The appropriateness of monolingual and territoriality
principle will be looked at with a view to identify the possible problems associated with the
approach. In writing the article, the 1995 Federal democratic Republic of Ethiopia, other
relevant documents and existing practices will be used in addressing the issue.

Key Words: bilingualism, Monolingualism, territoriality, merits, working language.

Aberra Degefa is a PhD and an assistant Professor of Law at AAU. LLB (1987), LLM (2005),
PhD, (2015) AAU; Post-Graduate Diploma, ISS, The Hague, (2000).

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Haala Daangaa Jechootaa Barreeffama Afaan Oromoo Keessatti

Girmaa Mangistuu (PhD), Damee Barnoota Xiinqooqaa, Yunivarsitii Finfinnee
Abbabaa Qanoo, Akkaadaamii Qo‟annoo fi Qorannoo Afaanota fi Aadota Itoophiyaa, Fuula| 27
Yunivarsitii Fnfinnee
Axereeraa
Barreffamni Afaan Oromoo sirna barreeffamaa dhamsagaawaa (alphabetic writing) kan
fayyadamu waan ta‟eef, qubeewwan dachaatiin ala kan jiran hundi mallattoowwan
(qubeewwan) tokko bakka bu‟u. Kunis rakkoowwan fayyadama qubee birsagaawaattin
(syllabic writing) barreessuu keessatti mul‟ataa turan furee jira. Haa ta‟u malee, barreeffama
Afaan Oromoo keessatti daangaa jechaa (word boundary) fi firjechaa (morph boundary)
waaltessuuf hojiin hojjetame gahaa waan hintaaneef barreeffamoota adda addaa keessatti
daangaan jechootaa haala wal hinfakkaannen akka barreeffaman bal‟inaan mul‟ata. Qorannoon
kunis rakkoo gama kanaan mul‟atu hangam akka bal‟atu addaan baasee yaada furmaataa
kennuuf barreeffamoota gaazexoota Bariisaafi Kallacha Oromiyaa fuula aadaa fi ispoortirratti
yeroo adda addaa dhiyaatan kudhan kudhan fudhachuudhaan niseeca‟a. Dumarrattis yaadota
rakkoolee mul‟ataniif furmaata ta‟an nidhiyeessa.

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Causative Constructions in Afan Oromo: Structural and Semantic

Perspectives
Eba Teresa Garoma2 and Girma Tesfaye Tekle3 Fuula| 28
Abstract
Studies on Ethiopian languages (including Afaan Oromoo) mainly deal with the structural
issues, neglecting the functional, semantic, typological and cognitive roles of the languages.
This study is, therefore, designed to fill one of the gaps in semantic and typological
investigations of Afaan Oromoo. Accordingly, the main objective of the study is to give
descriptions of formal and functional (semantic) aspects of causative constructions in the
language. To achieve the objective, written texts, native speaker informants and introspections
are predominantly used as sources of data. The findings reveal that the three structural aspects
of causatives- morphological, lexical and syntactic- are categorically used in Afaan Oromoo.
Morphological causatives are highly productive, and affixes with -s and -i segments in several
combinations as well as -eess are employed for such purposes. The causative morphemes are
detected to derive causatives of basic verb stems of different semantic categories (agentive
intransitive, nonagentive intransitive and transitive verbs, and adjectival and nominal stems as
well as ideophones) and to involve causations in word-class changing. There are also simple
and complex (double and triple) causations in which several suffixes, causers and micro-events
are indicated morphologically and syntactically. Lexically, most transitive and ditransitive
verbs commit the speakers to the belief that a caused event has been realized after, and is
wholly dependent on, the causing event expressed by the verb. Afaan Oromoo has also
unproductive syntactic/analytic causatives in which the matrix clause and embedded
subordinate clause with complementizer akka and goɗ- „make‟ are combined together.
Semantically, direct, indirect and assistive/cooperative causatives are identified. Pseudo-
causatives are uncovered as peculiar futures of the language too. There are, even, structures
with explicit causative affixes which are called subjectless causatives, but they do not show any
causal relations between the participants in the structure. Generally, causatives in Afaan
Oromoo are morphologically highly productive and complex as they involve different voices,
increase valences (arguments), and show syntactically (extensively) demoted arguments.

2
Associate Professor of Linguistics at Jimma University & PhD Candidate at Addis Ababa University
3
Lecturer at Mizan-Tepi University & PhD Candidate at Addis Ababa University

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Choice for a Working Language in Ethiopia: A Case Study among

Graduating Classes of Oromoo Speakers in Selected Public Universities
Chimdi Wakuma (Assistant Professor of Linguistics, Jimma University)
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Abstract
This study has explored the working language choice of prospective graduate students in some
selected public universities of Ethiopia. In Ethiopia, federal offices and institutions which are
accountable to federal governments and four regions along with one administrative city have
chosen Amharic as a working language. Now days, however, Amharic is not a language of
wider communication in some larger regions of the country. Particularly, claims from students
of Oromia region of the country concerning the existing language use policy of the country are
becoming serious issues on stage very often. The researcher of this study therefore, focused to
identify what choice of language they have and in what linguistic domains they want to use it.
For this study, the researcher has employed a quantitative and qualitative data collecting
method. The data collected from prospective graduates of Oromoo speaking students attending
their study in three public universities of the country. The universities were selected
purposively based on what languages are profoundly spoken in community surrounding the
universities. Totally 450 students were selected to participate in the study of which 150 from
each university. Data were collected in questionnaires. The findings of the study revealed that
prospective graduates of Oromoo language speakers are poor in grasping, defining,
conceptualizing, stating, organizing and analyzing information in Amharic, especially on skills
of reading and writing. And therefore, they will be choosing the Oromoo language as their
working language in their future career by delimiting their working places to Oromia where the
working language is Oromoo. As a researcher, I recommend that the concerned body need to
extend the scope in which the Oromoo language is allowed to serve as a working language in
extra regional and federal government‟s institutions.

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Web corpora of Oromo and Amharic

Feda Negesse (PhD)
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Assisant Professor of Expermental Phonetics
Addis Ababa University
Department of Linguistics

Abstract
This paper describes web text corpora for the two biggest major languages of Ethiopia: Oromo
(4,000,000 words), and Amharic (17, 000, 000 words). The development of the corpora was
made possible through a joint venture of two projects: Linguistic Capacity Building, Tools for
the Inclusive Development of Ethiopia, a joint project between four Norwegian and Ethiopian
universities; and the CzechNorwegian HaBiT project. The technical development of the
corpora including harvesting the web texts for the two languages was fully taken up by the
Centre for Natural Language Processing, at Masaryk University, Czech Republic, whereas the
linguistic aspects of corpora which includes revision of 350450 seed bigrams for language
detection, quality checking and evaluation of the corpora were made by the Department of
Linguistics, at Addis Ababa University. The corpora are presented in the Habit System (Kala et
al. 2017. The search system of the two corpora has options for simple and advanced
concordances down to character level, provides frequency per million of search items,
generates list of words, allows for advanced search using regular expressions, word sketches,
and thesauruses. The main challenges in the corpora development were lack of balance, wrong
tokenization and limited online texts. The raw text of all the four webtext corpora are available
for download and will also be available in the Glossa corpus management system,
(Johannessen et al. 2008).

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Casaa Hima Gaaffii Afaan Oromoo: Bu‟uura Yaadxina Maddisiisaatiin

Tashoomaa Balaayinaa (PhD)*
* Gargaaraa Piroofesaraa Xiinqooqaa, Yuunivarsitii Jimmaa, Muummee Afaan Oromoofi
Ogbarruu, E-mail: [email protected], Bilbila: 0913491179 Fuula| 31
Axareera
Qo‟annaan Xiinqooqaa akka saaynsii qo‟annoo afaanii tokkotti beekkamtii erga argatee kaasee caasaan
himootaa Afaanota adda addaa qo‟atamaa turee jira.Caasaa Afaan Oromoorrattis yeroo adda addaa
qo‟annoon gaggeefamaa turee jira.Qo‟annoowwan caasluga Afaan Oromoorratti hojjataman heedduun
isaanii yaadixan Xiinqooqa Caasessaarratti (Structural Linguistics) bu‟ureffata.Sana boodas yaadxina
Xiinqooqa Maddisiisaatiin (Generative Linguistics) hojiileen muraasni hajjatamanii jiru. Haata‟u malee
sadarkaa barnoonni Afaan Oromoo amma irra gahe waliin walqabatee caasaa Afaan Oromoo kallattii
yaadxina Maddisiisaat iin (Generative ) xiinxaluun agarsiisuurratti hanqinni nimul‟ata. Tajaajilli
himoota Afaan Oromoo kan akka hima ergaa, hima gaffiifi hima ajajaa gargar ta‟uun isaa nibeekkama.
Garuu sadarkaa xiinhimaatti akaakuwwan himootaa hundi isaanii haala walfakkaatuun caaseffamu.Kana
jechuun, garaagarummaa tajaajila himootaa gidduu jiru casaan afaanichaa hinagarsiisu jechuudha.Garuu
caasaadhaaniis garaagarummaa mul‟isuu qabu ture.Seerri xiinxala caasaa himaa yaadxina
maddisiisaatiin filatamu ammoo kana ibsuuf mijataa dha.Akka yaadxina maddisisaattis caasaa keessatti
horteewwaan qaamaan jiran yookiin dhaamsi isaanii sammuu dubbattootaa keessa jiru caasaa keessattis
bakka bu‟ummaa qabaachuu qabu.Kanaafuu kaayyoon qo‟annoo kanaa caasaan hima gaaffii Afaan
Oromoo seera yaadxina Maddisiisaatiin maal akka fakkatu agarsiisu dha. Caasaaleen himoota gaaffii
xiinxalaman kunneen kitaaboota Afaan Oromoo adda addaa keessaa kan fudhataman yemmuu ta‟an,
erga qaacceeffamanii booda mala ibsuufi caatootiin dhihaatanii jiru. Hima gaaffii kalattii keessatti latiin
henna {-e}n , kan akka mataa gaalee xumuraa {deem-Ø-e} keessatti argamutu jechudha, hima gaaffii
yemmuu ta‟u gara {deem-Ø-e-e}tti jijiiramuun ishee himni gaaffii afaanichaa latii {-e} dabalachuun
ibsama jechuudha. Hojiileeduraa keessatti garuu {deeme} fi {deemee}n lachanuu mataa gaalee
xumuraa ta‟aniit kaahamu malee himni gaaffii caasaa isaatiin akkamitti akka adda ta‟e wanti agarsiisu
hinjiru. Jechoonni gaaffii kan akka {eenyu}, {maal},{enyuuf}, {eessatti/ eessa},{maaliif}, {haala
kamiin}, {maal ta‟e} {akkamitti}, {meeqa}, {kam}, {akkam}{hammam} fi {maaliin} jedhan ammo
caasaa keessatti iddoo waan gaafatame sanaat qabatu. Garuu jechoonni kunneen latii {-e} hima gaaffii
kallatti irratti argamtu waliin hima gaaffii tokko keessatti hinargaman. Seera mirkaneffannaa (Checking
Features) yaadxinichaatiinis yoo ilaalle, himichi hima gaaffii ta‟uu isaatiif ergaan isaa sadarkaa Gaalee
Guuttachiisaatti (Complimenizer Phrase (CP)) iddoon mataa gaalee {-e} dhaan yookiin amala {gaaffii}
unkaa qamaan hinmul‟anneen, garuu sammuu dubbataa keessa jiraachuu isaa haala agarsiisuun
caatoorratti ibsamuu danda‟a. Kanaafuu sadarkaa Gaalee Guuttachiisaatti himni gaaffii hima ergaa irraa
wanti adda isa tasiisu, caatoo irratti iddoon mataa gaalee guttachiisaa amala {gaaffii}tiin kan
hogganamu ta‟uu isaati. Walumaagalatti casaan hima gaaffii Afaan Oromoo [Gaalee Guttachiisaa (CP)
[Gaalee Hortee (IP) [Gaalee Xumuraa (VP) deem-]-Ø-e ]-e (hima haaffii) ]]]]]] ta‟a jechuudha.
Fuldurattis qo‟annoon biroo caasaa akaakuu himoota Afaan Oromoo biroorratti gaggeeffamuu qaba.
Jechoota bu‟uuraa: Caasaa, Hima gaaffii, Xiinqooqa Maddisiisaa fi Afaan Oromoo

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The Revolution of Green Economy in Oromia:

A Critical Discourse Analysis of Abiy Ahamed‟s Speeches
Fuula| 32
By Adugna Barkessa (PhD)

Abstract
This paper analyzes Abiy Ahamed‟s political speeches using Van Dijk‟s (2004) model of
political Discourse Analysis. The model enables to analyze the ideological manipulation of
mental and discursive spaces of the public by the politicians. In the year 2016/17, OPDO took
the initiative to reform themselves for the future fate of Oromia and the Oromoos. During the
reformation, Many OPDO officials have been substituted by other members of the party due to
alleged power abuse. The new officials then came up with the idea of the revolution of green
economy criticizing the wrong political actions of the near past to which they themselves were
member. They were explaining their action plan for the present, and constructing their
ambitions for the future which made the youths to be conscious of their rights and
responsibilities as stipulated in the Ethiopian constitution of 1995. All over Oromia, the
rehabilitating campaign has been made by the new officials to hear public voices which were
silenced for more than a century, through uncovering strategies the external bodies and the ex-
officials of their party employed to marginalize the Oromoo people. Abiy Ahamed, as one of
the OPDO officials who are involved in the recovery campaign, made inspirational speeches at
different meetings to build up the psychology of winning among the youths. The objectives of
this paper are to: 1) identify the message characteristics of Abiy‟s speech to represent the
winner and loser mentalities, 2) examine the discursive strategies employed in his speech to
boost the psychology of youths to restore regional identity, and 3) investigate how language as
a social practice is employed to obfuscate the underlying political ideology of his party. To
tackle these objectives, the thematically and contextually related speeches made by Abiy in the
year 2016/17 are selected from the archive of Oromia Broadcasting Network using purposive
sampling. The oral scripts are changed into written forms using line based transcription system,
and analyzed thematically. The findings show that lexical devices (wording, rewording),
grammatical devices (pronouns, transitivity) and rhetorical devices (metaphor, metonymy,
synecdoche and analogy) are dominantly employed to describe the winner and loser qualities in
order to raise the awareness of the youths to participate in the revolution of green economy.
The discursive strategies employed in the speeches include accommodative, elaborative,
equalizing, unifying and. Finally, Abiy‟s speeches depict the inferiority complex overarching
their ex-officials‟ political power, and strive of the new OPDO officials to exercise their
constitutionally stipulated political power.

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Sakatta‟a Madda Gufuuwwan Adeemsa Waaltina Afaan Oromoo

(Afaan Barreeffamaa Irratti kan Xiyyeeffate)
Damee Abarraa Fuula| 33
YunivarsiitiiAmboo, Kolleejjii Saayinsii Hawaasaatiifi Namummaatti Muummee Afaan
Oromootiifi Ogbarruu
Email: [email protected]
Axereera
Waalta‟uun afaan tokkoo waliigaltee hawaasa afaan sana fayyadamuu keessatti gahee olaanaa qaba.
Ergaa darbu ifa taasisa. Kaayyoo walii galteetis ni milkeessa. Afaan Oromoo kan Oromiyaa keessatti
jaarraa nuusaa oliif afaan hojii, afaan murtii, afaan barnootaatiifi afaan qorannoo ta‟ee tajaajilaa ture
bu‟aa kana buusuuf, daandii waaltinaa irra jira. Garuu, gufuuwwan waaltinaa kan adda addaa ni qaba.
Kaayyoo gooroon qorannoo kanaatis gufuuwwan adeemsa waaltinasaa sakatta‟uu kan xiyyeeffate.
Kaayyicha galmaa‟aan ga‟uuf odeeffannoon warreen afaanichaan hojjataniifi afaanicha irratti hojjatan
ogeeyyii Biiroofi Waajjiroota Aadaafi Turiizimii Oromiyaa, ogeeyyii Dhaabbata Raadiyoofi Televijiinii
Oromiyaafi Raadiyoo Itoophiyaa, ogeeyyii gaazexoota Afaan Oromootiin maxxanfamanii, barsiistota
Afaan Oromoo dhaabbilee barnootaa olaanoo, ogeeyyii Afaan Oromoo kitaabota Afaan Oromootiin
barreeffaman dubbisan akkasumas, barreeffamoota adda addaa ilaaluudhaan odeeffannoon walitti
qabame. Iddattoowwanis mala ammargeefi kaayyeffataatiin filataman.Meeshaalee funaansa ragaalee
keessaa bargaaffii, afgaaffiifi xiinxala ragaaleetitu hojiirra oole.Ragaaleen walitti qabaman baayyee
muraasni lakkoofsaan; hedduun ammoo jechootaan.Ragaaleen lakkoofsaan waliitti qabaman
dhibbattaadhaan, kanneen jechootaan walitti qabaman jechootumaan qaaccessamanii
hiikaman.Kanaafuu, saxaxni qorannichaa akkamtaa ammamtaan muraasni keessatti mullatu waan ta‟eef,
walmakaadha.Akka ragaaleen walitti qabaman ibsanitti maddi gufuuwwan adeemsa waaltina Afaan
Oromoo baayyeedha.Isaan keessaa olaanaan leenjii dhabuu namoota afaanichaan
barreessaniiti.Barreessitoonni kitaabotaatis daldala giddu galeessa godhatanii barreessuun gufuu
ijoodha. Kanneen kitaabotaafi moojuloota adda adda barreessanis qaamolee afaanichaan hojjatan waliin
walitti dhufanii hojjachuu dhabuufi hojii koreen waaltinaa hojjachaa jiru ilaalanii itti fayyadamuu
dhiisuun rakkoo biraati.Namoonni kallattii sana irratti akka hojjataniif haangoon kennamuufis ballinaan
ogummaa waaltina afaanichaa waliin walitti dhufeenya qabu hinqaban. Kanaafuu, mirgaafi dirqama
isaanii adda baasanii hojjachuu dhiisaniiti bakka tokko tokkotti danqaa ta‟u. Akkasumas, afaan
dubbiitiifi afaan barreeffamaa waliin dha‟amuun gufuu ta‟ee jira.Imaammanni afaanii Itoophiyaatis
afaan tokko qofaa ooguun rakkoo dabalataati. Walumaa galatti, qabattoonni olitti heeraman hundi
waaltinni afaanichaa akka laafu taasisanii jiru.

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Xiinxala Xalayaalee Afaan Oromootiin Barreeffamanii: Waajjiraalee

Mootummaa Magaalaa Naqamteerratti Xiyyeeffachuutiin kan Dalagame
Fuula| 34
Daani‟eel Lammeessaafi Fedhasaa Taaddasaa
Yuunvarsiitii Wallaggaatti, Muummee Qo‟annoo Afaaniifi Oguma Oromoo

Axareeraa
Qorannoon kun „Xiinxala Xalayaalee Afaan Oromoon Barreeffamanii‟ mataduree jedhurratti
waajjiraalee Mootummaa Magaalaa Naqamtee xiyyeeffachuun hojjetame. Ka‟umsi isaa,
xalayaalee Afaan Oromootiin barreeffaman kan waajjiraalee mootummaa keessatti dogoggorri
heddumminaan mul‟achuu yommuu ta‟u, qorannoon dhimma kanaan walqabatu hanga nuti
sakattaanetti mul‟achuu dhabuudha. Kanaaf, kaayyoo “Xalayaa Afaan Oromootiin qubeessuu
hojjettoota waajjiraalee mootummaa magaalaa Naqamtee xiinxaluun dogoggora uumameefi
maddasaa mul‟isuudha. Qorannoon kun waajjiralee mootummaa magaalicha keessa jiraniif
leenjiin akka kennamu kallattii agarsiisuufiqorattoota mataduree kanaafi kanatti dhiyaaturratti
qorannoo geggeessaniif ka‟umsa ta‟uu danda‟a. Qorannicha keessatti xalayaalee Afaan
Oromoon barreeffaman xiinxaluuf, waajjiraalee mootummaa magaalaa Naqamteetu kan
xiyyeeffatamedha. Malleen qorannichi ittiin hojjetames madda ragaa 1ffaa ta‟ee, mala
iddatteessuu kaayyeffataa, malleen ragaan ittiin funaaname sakatta‟a dokmentiifi
afgaaffiidha.Malli ragaaleen ittiin hiikamanis akkamtaadha. Ittaansuunimmoo, ragaalee
hiikamanirraa argannoon cuunfame: sagalee dheerachuu qaban gabaabsuufi sagalee
gabaabbachuu qaban dheeressuu, sagalee laafuu malu jabeessuufi sagalee jabaachuu malu
laaffisuu rakkoowwan mul‟ataniidha. Maddi rakkoo kanaas, yeroo Afaan Oromootiin
barreessan xiyyeeffannoofi leenjiin barbaachisu kennamuu dhabuudha.Kanaafis, hoggantoonni
waajjiraa xiyyeeffannoo kennuufi leenjiin dhimma kanaan walqabatu isaaniif yoo kenname
furmaata ta‟uu nidandaa‟a.

Jechoota Ijoo: Afaan Oromoo, Qubeessuu, xalayaalee, dogoggora

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Qorannoo Sirna Barnootaa Afaan Oromoo Kitaabilee LAGIM4,5

Gareelee qorattootaa sadeen6
Axareeraa
Qorannoon kun kitaabilee LAGIM irratti gareelee qorattootaa sadiin geggeeffame.
Qorannichaa boqonnaa sadi babal‟aa of keessaa qaba. Boqonnaan jalqabaa, qophiin kitaabilee
LAGIM ija seera fi heera Itoophiyaa fi kan Naannoo Oromiyaatin maal fakkaata kan jedhu Fuula| 35
qorata. Boqonnaa lammaffaan, bu‟aa qorannaa EGRA (Early Grade Reading Assessment),
bu‟uura qophii sirna barnoota Afaan Oromoo akkasumas mata dureewwan mala baruu-
barsiisuu jedhan jalatti kitaabilee LAGIM xiinxala.Boqonnaan sadaffaa fi inni dhumaa
qabiyyee kitaabilee LAGIM qaaccessa. Kitaabilee barnootaa sadarkaa tokkoffaa qopheessun
aangoo naannoo ta„uun isaa seeran tumamee utuu jiruu, karaa Ministeera Barnootaa kitaabilee
Afaan Oromoo naannoo Oromiyaaf qopheessun heera fi seera biyyattii fi kan naannichaa
cabsuu akka ta„e argamee jira. Kitaabilee kanneen keessatti tartiibni qubee Afaan Oromoo
jijjiiramuun isaa akkasumas duudhaalee fi safuu Oromoo kitaabilee kanneen keessaa onsuun
ammoo gonkumaa karaa dhoksaa fakkaatun siyaasa mootota darbanii deebisuuf kan yaalame
ta‟uu isaa fi sirna federaalizimii kan burkuteesse ta‟uun hubatameera. Namoonni kitaabilee
LAGIM qopheessanii fi qophii kitaabilee kanneenii hoogganan argannoon qorannoo EGRA
kitaabilee LAGIM qopheessuf ka‟umsa ta‟e jedhu.Akka boqonnaa lammaffaa qorannoo
kanaatti garuu bu‟aan qorannoo EGRA gonkuma qophii kitaabilee kanneenif ka‟umsa ta‟uu
hindanda‟u. Qorannoon EGRAn barattootaa kutaalee 2 fi 3 irratti bara 2010 geeggeesse
dandeettii dubbisuu barattootaa qofa ilaallata. Argannoo qorannoo isaatti aansee falli EGRAn
lafa kaa‟es kitaaba barnootaa qopheessuu kan jedhu of keessaa hinqabu. Kitaabileen LAGIM
kan qophaa‟an yaada furmaataa EGRAn kaa‟erratti hundaa‟anii utuu hintaane fedhii dhaaba
kitaabilee kanneen qopheessee- Research Triangle International (RTI) jedhamuu fi kan
namoota kitaabilee kanneen qopheessuu keessatti hirmaataniin ta‟uu isaatu qorannoo kanaan
mirkanaa‟e. Malli baruu-barsiisuu kitaabilee kanneen keessatti hojiirra oolan mala haaraa haa
jedhu malee malli haarofti isa kam akka ta‟e hin‟ibsu, hinbeekkamus. Kitaabileen LAGIM
adeemsa yaalii (piloting the materials) keessa darbuu qabanis keessa utuu hindarbin hojiirra
ooluu isaanii qorannoon kun agarsiiseera. Qaaccessa qabiyyee kitaabilee LAGIM keessatti kan
jijjiirame tartiiba qubee qofa utuu hintaane lakkoofsi qubees 32 ykn 33rraa gara 56tti guddatee
jira; maqaan qubees jijjiramee jira. Kana malees, birsagni Afaan Oromoo haala caasaa
afaanichaa faallessuun caaseffamee jira, adeemsi waaltina afaanichaas haala faallaa 7 deemun
kitaabilee kanneen keessatti mul‟atee jira.Dhumarrattis yaanni furmaataa cuunfamee boqonnaa
of danda‟e keessatti lafa kaa‟amee jira.

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Qorannaan kun ji‟a Waxabajjiifi Adooleessaa bara 2009 akkuma geeggeeffameen Kaabinee Mootummaa Naannoo Oromiyaatti dhihaatee
yaanni furmaataa qorannicha hundi sagalee guutuu kaabineetin fudhatamee jira.
5
Kitaabileen kunniin kitaabilee barnoota Afaan Oromoo kutaalee 1-8 yoo ta‟an isaan kutaa 1-4 bara 2006 maxxanfaman; isaan kutaalee 5-8
ammoo bara 2007 maxxanfaman. Kitaabilee kanneen keessatti tartiibni qubee L, A, G, I, M,…. waan ta‟eef garee qorannoo kana
geggeessaniin kitaabilee LAGIM jedhamanii beekkamu.
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(1)Miseensota garee boqonnaa jalqabaa hojjetan: (a) Milkeessaa Miidhagaa (PhD), (b) Tasfaayee Jimaa
(2) Miseensota garee boqonnaa lammaffaa hojjetan: (a) Alamuu Hayiluu (PhD), (b) Caalaa Hordofaa , (c) Firdisaa Jabeessaa (PhD), (d)
Hayilamaaram Qaqqabaa (PhD), (e) Tashoomaa Sooromsaa (PhD)
(3) Miseensota garee boqonnaa sadaffaa hojjetan: (a) Abbabaa Qanoo, (b) Addunyaa Barkeessaa (PhD), (c) Qulqulluu Ijoo, (d) Xilaahun
Taliilaa (PhD)
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Kitaabileen kunniin Naannoo Oromiyaaf, Godina Addaa Kamiseef, Bulchiinsa Naannoo Harariif,....jedhamanii akka godina isaanitti adda
addaan qophaawuu isaanitu qorannoo kana keessatti mul„ate.

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Sirneessa (Waalteessa) Qubee afaan Oromoo-dhaa (Standardizing the

Oromo Alphabet)
Tamam Youssouf (MA Ling York University, Canada)

Axereera Fuula| 36
Afaan Oromoo dhaa afaan biyyooleessaa akka tahuuf tattaaffiin geggeeffamaa dhaa jirtu
guddoo dha. Kana jechuun afaan kun afaan warri itti ababe qofti dhimma itti bahu tahuun isaa
hafee kan warri mana barnootaatti baratees itti hojjatu tahuu dhaaf deema jechuu dha.
Kanaafuu seerri isaa hundumtuu kan barreeffamee baratamu tahuun dirqama. Seerri kunis kan
irratti waliigalamee sirna tahee fudhatamee (standardized) tahuu dha qaba. Nama qofaaf osoo
hin tahin kompyuutaraafillee akka galutti barreeffamuun diqama taha. Qubeen afaan keenyaa
eega jalqaba bara 1980 haala ammaa kanatti fudhatamtee kaasee wayyeessinii fii tooyannaan
irratti geggeeffame hedduu xiqqaa dha. Deemsa kana keessatti qaawa adda addaa kan
mumul‟ate akeekuu dhaa fii duuchuulleen waan yaadame hin seehu. Qaamni biyya keessatti
hujii akkanaa hojjachuu dhaan malelleen hujuma sadarkaa tanaa olii tan akka jechootaa faa
malee waan itti xiyyeeffate hin fakkaatu. Kana hubachuu dhaaf gaaffiilee akka lakkoofsa
sagalee (phoneme) afaan Oromoo dhaa, maqaa isaanii, dhawaata/tarrisa (order) isaanii, seerran
qubeelee dachaa dhaa, qeensuu (tone) fi daangaa jechootaa (word boundaries) laaluun ni gaya.
Afaan kun sagaloota (phonemes) meeqarraa tolfama? Consonants meeqa qaba?Maqaan qubee
[‟] /ʔ/ maal? Dhawaata qubeelee laalchiseeː ‟, a, b, c, chjenna moo a, b, c, ch jenna moo a, b,
c, d, jenna? Seera sagaloota qubeelee lamee (digraph) laalchiseeː yammuu isaaniin barreessan
jabeessuun yo barbaachise akkam goona? Dhawaata lakkoofsaa ni seenanii? Yo dubbii
jalqabnu, fakkeenyaaf, lachuu guguddifna moo isuma duraa ti guddifna? Yo kottoonfachiifnu
hoo lachuu barreessinaa? Afaan keenyatti qeensuun (tone) hiikkaa jechoota ni jijjiirti. “Intala
biraa fuudhi” dubbii jettu afaan Inglizitti yo hiinnu gara hiika afuurii qabaachuu dendeya. Isa
yaanne qofa akka qabaatu kan adda bahuu dendeyu yo mallattoo qeensuu dhaatti dhimma
baane qofa. Naannoo isaa duraa duuba laaluun hamma tokko ni gargaarti. Garuu guutuu hin
taatu. Daangaa jechootaa laalchiseeː „ni dhufa‟ barreessina moo „nidhufa‟, „kanaa fi(i) kana‟
barreessina moo „kanaafi(i) kana‟? Qormaata kana keessatti qaawwan akkasii kan
mumul‟atan kun akeekamanii ti yaanni furmaataalleen marii dhaaf waliin dhihaata. Dhimma
ka‟u hundarrattiyyuu yanni ogeeyyii Oromootaa ti fii kan alagaalleen dhihaatee xinxalli
barbaachisu geggeeffamee yanni murtii dhaa fudhatama. Aanjaa dhaa fii fafni yaanni murtii
dhaa kuni qabu akeekamee manni akka yaada irratti kennatu dhihaata.Kanarratti dhaabachuu
dhaan manni tarkaanfii itti aantu murteessa.

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The Impacts of Socio-Cultural Practices on Female Students‟ College

Education in Oromia: The case of Jimma College of Teachers Education
Abdisa Ayana
Department of Oromoo Folklore and Literature, Jimma University, E-mail of the Corresponding
Author: [email protected], Telephone: +251-917-10-76-54 Fuula| 37

Abstract
The general purpose of this study was to identify some socio-cultural factors that affect female
students‟ College education, and then to indicate intercultural educational issues in line with
young female students‟ College education in Oromia by taking JCTE as the case study area.
The study was a mixed approach investigation which involves index of qualitative variation
that measure the dispersion of quantitative way that are available at nominal level variable
through triangulating with qualitative inquires. The investigation of this qualitative approach
was using purposive sampling through which case studies, personal observation, FGD and
semi-structured interview was employed. The information gathered was organized and
analyzed using tabulations showing both percentages and index of quantitative variations. The
quotations of field narrations were also included. The result indicated that the major barriers to
female students‟ college education in classroom participation of formal education were both the
cultural and traditional values and their prospects for educational opportunities. Traditional
beliefs, practices and proverbs perpetuate gender imbalance in terms of educational
achievements and classroom performance. The study also found the factors that negatively
affect female students‟ education in JCTE in emphasizing to pregnancy, lack of female models,
low level parental education, and negative parental attitudes towards female students‟
education from their very growing up , low value attached to education and sexual harassments
by their classmates and male teachers. To ameliorate the existing situation, the study suggested
in a way of conclusion about the use of culture, procedures for teacher training, and
applications of cultural information to curriculum. Therefore, it was also suggested that a
serious consideration in educational teacher training that could be given on the following areas:
Knowing the effects of cultural and socioeconomic variables on the student's learning styles
(cognitive and affective) and on the student's general level of development and socialization,
developing an awareness of the way in which learner's culture should permeate significant
areas. In sum, because of the great disparity between theory presented in the context of a
college environment and practical teaching realities in educational practices of classroom
setting, it is essential that a portion of every teacher's training experience include on-site
supervised teaching experience in a bicultural program. To the extent possible, relevant
competencies should be demonstrated in the direct context of such a classroom setting.

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Error Analysis in Billboard Advertisements Written in Afaan Oromoo in

Jimma Town
Guta Legese (Assistant professor of Teaching English as a Foreign Language)
Affiliation: Jimma University
E- Mail & Mobile number: [email protected], 0913722144 Fuula| 38

Abstract
The main objective of this study was to analyze the errors in billboard advertisements written
in Afaan Oromoo in Jimma town. There are many writing problems on most of the billboards
in the town. However, the data collection for this study focused only on the errors that totally
changed the meaning of the words and phrases and affected communication. In order to
achieve the main objective, three specific objectives related to the types of errors in the
writings of the billboards, the extent to which the errors affect communication, and the negative
impacts of the errors on the development of the language were formulated. The data for the
study were collected through observation. The collected data were analyzed qualitatively. The
result of the study shows that letters are misspelled in most words of the advertisements as a
result of which the word meaning is changed to an unintended one, in most phrases or
sentences in which double adjectives were used, the adjectives were disordered and the
sentences or phrases became meaningless, and some phrases or sentences are directly translated
from Amahric to Afaan Oromoo which is not correct because Afaan Oromoo has its own rule.
The errors have no specific purpose or they were not to attract attention of the consumers to the
product. Generally, it is possible to say that the errors are high in magnitude because they not
only affect communication but also they have negative impact on development of the language
( Afaan Oromoo). Hence, Jimma University, specifically, Afaan Oromoo Department, should
work cooperatively with the culture and tourism office of the town and other concerned bodies
to mitigate the writing problems observed in the town because teaching the language ( Afaan
Oromoo) alone cannot develop the language, but it requires a perpetual follow up of how
people are using the language.

Key words: Billboard advertisement, Afaan Oromoo, error, professionals, adjective, phrase,
morpheme, derived adjectives, intended meaning, diverted meaning, inscribers, anonymity

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Assessment of Alphabets and Lexis in Afan Oromo Grammar: Publications

in Afan Oromo in Focus (Xiinxala Qubeewwaniifi Jechoota Caasluga Afaan
Oromoo: Xiyyeeffata Maxxanfamoota Afaan Oromootiinii)

Silashii Biraanuu (PhD); Imeelii: [email protected] Fuula| 39

Axereera
Afaan Oromoo bifa waaltaheen maxxanfamee, kan Interneetii-Google dabalatee, Gadaa sadii
oliif dhaabbilee barnoota Mootummaa Naannoo Oromiyaa, Amaaraafi garagaraa keessatti,
baratamaafi ittiin barsiifamaa jira. Qubeewwanii(Sagalootnii)fi jechootni Caasluga Afaan
Oromootiin maxxanfaman keessatti waaltina dhabanii qorataatiin hubatamuun ka‟umsa
qorannoo kanaati. Dhiyeessa/kennaa koorsii afaanii keessatti ammoo kanneen bu‟uuraafi
murteessummaan tajaajilan keessaayi(Ur, 2010:46). Qorataanis, yaadrimee xiinqooqa
gochaa/xiinqooqgochaa (Applied linguistics) irratti xiyyeeffatee rakkoolee hubataman
xiinxaluuf kaayyeffatee ragaalee funaaneera.Diiskoorsiin(Discourse) barreeffamaa (Miller and
Brewer ed. 2003:74)fi/ykn xiinqooq‟ibsuun (descriptive)fi kaawwan akka malleen qorannootti
tajaajilaniiru. Kitaabotni Afaan Oromootiin maxxanfamanii(kanneen Interneetiirrattii
dabalatee) kan qorataan argate, akka maddeen ragaaleetti gargaaraniiru. Argannoon
xiinxalichaas, waa lama.Tokko milkaayina. Innis: biyya aftokkeen (monolingual) jaarraa
tokkoofi kurmaanaa oliif seeraan humna siyaasaafi dinagdee horatee babal‟achaa ture
keessatti, Afaan Oromootiin waayee qubeewwaniifi jechoota Caasluga Afaan Oromoo
(yaaliiwwan hojiiwwan Grammar Checker dabalatee) ifaan maxxanfamanii argamuun
milkaayina boonsaa gamtokkooti. Akka rakkootti ammoo: bifoota qubeewwanii/sagalootaafi
jechoota Caasluga Afaan Oromoo waaltinaan hojiirra oolaa jiran gabbisuun/foowwessuun alatti
bifoota addaddaatiin, „ISSN‟s qabsiisanii maxxansiifamaniiru. Kunis, adeemsa guddina
tajaajila Afaan Oromoo waaltahe irratti tumsuu osoo hintaane walxaxaa kan jajjabeessudha.
Kanaafuu, qorataan akka yabootti (recommendation), “Yoo xiqqaate sadarkaa Mootummaa
Naannoo Oromiyaatti ifaan, ykn ammoo kora qorannoo ogeessota sadarkaa idiladdunyaa
kurfeessuudhaan milkaayina gonfatame gabbisuudhaan fufsiisuun nimala.” jedha.

Jechoota Furtuu: Afaan Oromoo, Qubeewwan, Jechoota, Caasluga (Grammar), Waaltina,

Xiinqooqgocha

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Papers on Art

Qaaccessa Walaloo Zalaalam Abarraa “Ana Ana fi Ana”

Tashoomaa Egeree Moosisaa-tiin (PhD)

Fuula| 40
Yuunvarsiitii Jimmaa, Koleejii Saayinsii Hawaasummmaafi Namoomaa, Muummee Afaan
Ingilizii

Axereeraa
Ogumni/ogbarruun Oromoo baayinaan barreeffamee maxxansamaa jira.Qeeqni irratti
godhamuu garuun haga baayina isa barreeffamee miti.Keessumattuu, qeeqni ogwalaloorratti
ta‟aa jiru hagas mara miti.Yoo jiraates irruma keessa labuurra taree ergaa isa jikita keessa jiru
budduuksanii baasuun hedduu isa hafa.Qorannoon kunis qaawwa qaaccessa ogwaloo keessatti
mul‟atuuf hanga tokko gumaachuuf geggeeffame.Kaayyoon qorannichaas, gooreewwan
xiinqooqaa akkamitti akka qindeeffamanii hiika walalichaa ijaaran, raga gooreewwan xiinqoo
argamuun hiikni walalichaa akkamitti akka ijaaramuufi miidhagina walalichaa
ajaa‟ibsiifachuuf. Kayyolee kana galmaan gahuuf, malli akkaatummaa(stylistic approach) itti
dhima bahameera.Kanamalees, malli afee/baanuu qaaccessuu (textual analysis) ragaalee
walalicha keessa jiran gadifaginaan xiinxaluuf itti fayyadamameera. Kaayyicha galmaan
gahuuf walaloon Zalaalam Abarraa “Ana Anaafi Ana” jedhu mala akkayyootiin filatameera.
Mala itti dhimma bahameefi ragaalee qaaccessaman irratti hundaa‟uun, “gadameessi seenaa”
yookaan “kaleessi” waan haraa‟aa ijaaruuf waan boruu ammo raaguuf bu‟uura ta‟uu, kun
ammo qorsammuu sammuu riphaa keessa kuufamee kan ol taa‟u ta‟uu walalicha keessatti
mul‟ateera. Kana malees, kaleessi har‟aafi boru bifa geengoon (cyclical) gangalataa kan
adeemu malee bifa xiyyaan (linear) kallattii tokkoon kan adeemu akka hin taane mul‟iseera.
Walalich Phalaasama kan qoaroomina Kush irraa qicee seenaa abbootii durii mil‟uun akka
ilaalamufi irra caalaa gadameessa seenaa kanaatti deebi‟anii akka qotaniif nama
kakaasa.Walumaa galatti, adeemsa qorannoo kanaa keessatti, qaaccessi walaloo mala gahaa
ta‟e tokkorratti hundaa‟e ergaa walalichaa sirriitti baasuuf akka nama gargaaru hubatameera.
Barsiisonni ogbarruu ykn afaaniis malawwan qaaccessaa garage garaa gargaaramuun
barattoonni qeeqqaa walaloo gahaa ta‟e akka kennaniif shaakalsiisuu qabu.

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Women and Men in Arsi Oromoo Proverbs: An Implication for Gender

Equality
Ayehu Bacha and Lenin Kuto8 Fuula| 41
Abstract
This article is aimed at investigating how men and women are portrayed in Arsi Oromoo
proverbs. To do this, proverbs are placed in their wider cultural context and philosophical
outlook of the people. To this end, interview, focus group discussion and document analysis
were used as a method of data collection to generate data on the topic under discussion.
Contextual approach was exploited to analyze and synthesize raw data. Complicated nature and
functions of proverbs are thoroughly discussed in the lens of cultural context. Thus, the finding
of this research unveiled that there are many proverbs portraying both sexes positively and
negatively when seen superficially. However this research have concluded that (1) it is
impossible to wrap up whether women are subordinate or not and men are dominant in
Oromoo culture by selecting proverbs in which women and men are directly or indirectly
mentioned, (2) the philosophical outlook of the Oromoo does not support the claim that
proverbs are weapon for women‟s inferiority and (3) proverbs which seem contradictory to
each other are complementary and can give an insightful picture about gender philosophy of
the society. Thus, proverbs should be placed in the worldview of the society from which they
are flourished and their many edged functions/natures should be taken in to consideration.
Key Words: Oromoo/Proverbs/Women/Men/Inferiority/Gender Equality
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Department of Oromoo Folklore and Literature, Jimma University, E-mail of the Corresponding Author:
[email protected], Telephone: +251-917-10-76-54

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Analyzing the Role of Riddles and Children Play in the Pre-school Education
Mohaammad Namoo-tiin

Abstract Fuula| 42
The aim of this thesis is to analyze the role of riddles and children play in the pre-school
education. To conduct this research the researcher employed qualitative research method as he
deals with culturally specific information about the values, opinions, behaviors, and social
contexts of particular populations. The populations of this research are children and elders of
Arsi Oromoo of Xiyo district. Since it is impossible to include all population in entire research
like this at a time, he select the sample by using purposive and snowballing sampling methods.
To collect data of this research from selected informants, he used interview, participant
observation and focus group discussion. From qualitatively analyzed and interpreted data, he
come up with some major findings as follows: Riddles are very crucial in creating nationalist
and patriot citizens when compared with other types of oral narratives, riddles play a vital role
in promoting language skills especially speaking and listening which in turn enable them to be
accurate and fluent speaker of a given language, riddle is not a childish act as many people
think from their etic point of view. So, Arsi Oromoo teach their children about social, political
and economic affairs that directly or indirectly affect the future lives of the children through
riddles, these days the performance of riddles are highly limited and substituted by other alien
games that have no additional benefits except temporary entertainment, Children play is a form
of role play or simulation that create interactive situation that enables children to mathematical
and social schemas that are vital for overall personality construction and like riddles, children
play is important to develop language skills such as speaking and listening that pave away for
formal schooling. At last but not least, from the above findings the following recommendations
were drawn: Since riddles are very crucial in creating democratic, nationalist and patriot
citizens when compared with other types of oral narratives, it should be thoroughly included in
the formal curriculum especially at kindergarten and first cycle primary school, riddles play a
vital role in promoting productive and receptive language skills especially speaking and
listening which in turn enable them to be accurate and fluent speaker of a given language. So, it
should be embedded in the student‟s language textbook both for that learn it as first and second
language, riddles are unlike other oral literatures having specific setting and fixed or
predetermined inviolable rules and regulations. So, this should be strengthened by adults as it
play decisive role in creating self-reliant and corruption free generation that dispose their duties
in the future nation building, children play is a form of role play or simulation that create
interactive situation that enables children to mathematical and social schemas that are vital for
overall personality construction. So, it should be included in school curriculum create active
and student centered learning and like riddles & children play is important to develop language
skills such as speaking and listening that pave away for formal schooling.

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Sirboota Aadaa Oromoo Jimmaa: Kaleessaafi Har‟a

Kaamil Mohaammad Abbaadiimaatiin9
Axeereraa
Fuula| 43
Waraqaan kun sirboota aadaa Oromoo Maccaa kan Godina Jimmaa kaleessaafi har‟aa
qorachuun kan barreeffamedha. Kaayyooleen barruu kanaas gosoota sirboota aadaafi shubbisaa
isa ganamaa addeessuu, waltajjiilee sirbootaa ibsuu, sirboota aadaa Oromoo Godina Jimmaa
yeroo ammaa Industirii Muuziqaa keessatti sirbaman addabaasuufi haala Sirboota aadaa
Oromoo Godina Jimmaa har‟aa maal akka fakkaatan ibsuu dha. Kaayyoolee armaan olii
galmaan ga‟uuf maloota ragaaleen ittiin funaanaman keessaa gaaffii afaanii, daawwannaafi
xiinxalli ragaalee barreeffamaafi vidiyooleetti gargaarameera.Maloota kanaanis odeeffannoon
yeroo gara garaatti hawaasicharraa guuramaniifi waajjira aadaafi turizimii Godina Jimmaa jiran
qaaccessuufi sirboota aadaa Oromoo godina Jimmaa wallistoota garagaraatiin wallifaman
xiinxaluun qindaa‟aniiru.Argannoon ijoon qorannoo kanaas, gosoonni sirba aadaa bakkaafi
yeroo gara garaatti dhimmota aadaafi hawaasummaa akkasumas bakkeewwan hojiitti kutaalee
hawaasaa garagaraan akka sirbaman, gosoonni shubbisaa hawaasa keessatti shubbifaman
kanneen akka gattumee, ooloofee, suussukee, goonnaa, jijjiksaa, geelloo, garmaamfi
kumkumee fa‟a.Kanamalees, walaloolee afoolaa gosoota sirba aadaa hunda keessaa fakkeenya
fudhachuun qaacceffamanii jiru. Qaaccessa sirboota aadaa kanarra ummanni Oromoo Godina
Jimmaa sirbaan bu‟aa ba‟ii jiruufi jireenya, duudhaa, ilaalcha addunyaafi uumama naannoo
isaa, fedhii keessoo fi quuqama isaanii akka ibsatan, dandeettiin aartiifi walaloolee kalaquun
hawaasicha keessatti akka beekamaa ture, meeshalee muuziqaafi namoonni dandeettii
meeshaalee muuziqaan sirbaa akka turaniifi ammas jiru. Sirboonni aadaa wallistotni sirban
aadaa Oromoo Godina Jimmaa sirbanirra caalaan qabeenyeen sirba jaalalaafi shubbisa
gattumee adda basuun danda‟ameera.Wallistoonni sirbaa aadaa hawaasaa isa ganamaa
qorachuun sirbuu akka qabaniifi qaamni dhimmi kuni ilaalu hordoffii fi xiyyeffannoo kennuun
akka aadaan ummataa beekamu gochuu qabu.

Jechoota Ijoo: Oromoo,Sirboota, shubbisa, Godina Jimmaa, meeshaalee Muuziqaa

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(MA in Oromo Folklore and Cultural studies) Barsiisaa Yuunivarsiitii Jimmaa, Kolleejjii Saayinsiilee Hawaasaafi Namummaa,
Muummee Fooklooriifi Ogbarruu Oromoo. Email: [email protected] , Mobile:+251910125447

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Guddina Ogbarruu Oromootiif Gumaacha Amantii Pirootestaantii

Abarraa Taammanaa-tiin
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Axareeraa
Qorannoon kun amantiin Pirootestaantii guddina og barruu Oromootiif bu‟aa maalii buuse
kaayyoo jedhurratti adeemsifame. Haala misiyoononni keessatti og barruu Oromoo jalqabaniifi
guddina og barruu kanaaf carraaqan irratti xiyyyeeffate.Qorannoon kun qorannoo seenawaa
ta‟ee mala ibsaatiin adeemsifame. Qorannicha adeemsisuu keessatti qorataan ragaalee isaa
sakatta‟a barruufi af-gaaffiin funaannate. Ragaaleen kunniinis madda ragaa tokkoffaafi
lammaffaarraa kan funaanaman ta‟ee; gama barruutiin odeeffannoon funaaname
barreeffamoota hordoftoonni amantii Pirootestaantii barreessan kallattiin arguun dubbisuu,
barreeffamoota beektonni biroon waa‟ee gumaacha misiyoonota kanneenii barreessan
sakatta‟uufi gama af-gaaffiin immoo waa‟ee misiyoonotaafi dhaabbilee guddina og barruu
Afaan Oromoof gumaachan namootaaf gaaffii afaanii qopheessuun odeeffannoon
funaanameera. Odeeffannoon madda adda addaarraa argame immoo haala amansiisummaa
isaaniin walitti dabaluun wal simsiisuun kan qaacceffamanidha. Qaaccessa odeeffannoo
funaanamanii irraa argannoon argame misiyoononni Pirootestaantii og barruu Oromoo haala
qindaa‟ina qabuun jalqabuu keessatti warra duraa akka ta‟aniifi hojiin isaan jalqaban kun
jalqabbii og barruu Oromoo isa firii qabeessaafi milkaa‟ina argate keessatti galmaa‟e.
Walumaagalatti, hordoftoonni amantii Kiristaanaa Warra Wangeelaa jalqabbii og barruu
Oromoofi guddina isaa keessatti iddoo ol aanaa akka qaban qorannoon kun agarsiise.

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Narrative Techniques in „Samalo‟ Afaan Oromoo Film

Fitsum Zegeye
Fuula| 45
Abstract
Observation has identified poor quality and unprofessionalism as factors that limit the appeal of
Afaan Oromoo video film practice. This study is intended to investigate the problems that
Afaan Oromoo film “Samalo” feature film faces in trying to break down the wall, preventing
Oromian film making from being shown and celebrated beyond local borders. To do this, the
study goes through analyzing “Samalo” feature film. The study fundamentally aims to analyze
cinematic content (story) and narration technique (mise-en-scene) of the film in terms of story
and plot, time and space, causality, characterization, theme and mise-en –scene. The study
further goes to examine the film techniques that the movies goes,in this context the classical
film form style, so as to determine how the “Samalo” filmmakers' narrative choices affect
communication of meaning. The guideline of study is the constructivist theory of film criticism
which is founded on the tenet that it is the reader (viewer) of the film text that constructs the
story and meanings in the story using the clues that the filmmaker puts before him on the
screen. The study is designed as a case study type for the fact that it lends itself conveniently to
the study's chosen methodology of detailed interpretive textual and contextual analysis of the
films and their relationships .What stands out in the findings presented in film chapter have
shown that “Samalo” filmmaking are aware of most narrative elements, causality,
characterization, thematic concern and mise–en- scene if not all, the conventions that can craft
a good story in the classical film making style; What matters is what point the narrative makes,
whether at isolated points of its narration, or with specific narrative elements it uses, or with its
overall message. These findings, the researcher hopes, will prove useful in the development of
cinematic content and narration technique practice of Afaan Oromoo film as it aspires to
contribute its voice to the global cinema, and appeal to an audience whose filmic sensibilities
have largely been shaped by previous exposure to the classical mode of filmic storytelling.

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Analysis of Folksong Genres: Macca Oromoo Girls‟ Nuptial Songs

Dereje Fufa (PhD), Abebu Oljira & Milkessa Hunduma
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Abstract
Oral poetry and songs are most powerful cultural aspects along rituals. They also enrich and
ignite other aspects of Oromoo culture and identity. Macca Oromoo nuptial songs and their oral
poems become uncommon in real social and cultural contexts; neither are their genres studied.
This article aims at sketching the major genres of girls‟ nuptial songs and oral poems of the
Macca Oromoo in the social and cultural practice context. It intends to identify the basic
features of each of them to pave ways for further investigations. Data were mainly collected
through interview, focus group discussions, and participant observation in induced forms.
Cultural experiences prior to the study have also supported and enriched the data. Accordingly,
arrabsoo (insult songs), mararoo (lyrics or songs of lamentations), faaruu (eulogy and praise
songs), asoonsillee/saraddaqa (songs of virginity and deflowering), and problem solving songs
are found to be the major genres. Each of these genres has a distinct purpose, content, poetic
powers, subjects they are directed at, and performance styles to mark them out. These features
are depicted for each one of them as framework of analysis. As this is limited to sketching the
basic features each one of these is recommended for further detailed study for enrichment.

Key terms: nuptial songs, arrabsoo, faaruu, mararoo, asoonsillee,

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Mammaaksaan Qabanii Nama Gorsuu: Baha Wallaggaa Magaalaa

Naqamteerratti kan Xiyyeeffate
Alamuu Waaqgaarii (PhD) & Tinsa‟e Antoniyo [email protected]
Fuula| 47
Axareeraa
Kaayyoon qorannoo kanaa mammaaksota dargaggoota gorsuuf oolan adda baasuun qaaccessuudha.
Ragaaleen kan funaanaman iddattoota marii gareefi afgaaffii haxa iddatteessuu akkaayyoofi darbaa
dabarsaa gargaaramuun kan filataman yemmuu ta‟an,mariin gareef namoota ja‟a (dhiira afuriifi
daalaa lama) akksumas afgaaffiif namoota afur (dhiira sadiifi dhalalsadii) walumaa galatti
hirmaattota kudhan gargaaramuunidha. Qorannichi kan xiyyeeffate Godina Wallaggaa Bahaa
magaalaa Naqamtee keessatti yemmu ta‟u, kanneen ragaa kennuurratti hirmaatan kunniin gandoota
sadii magaalicha keessatti argaman keessaa kan babbahanidha.Ragaaleen akka
mul‟isanitti,faayidaa guddaa qaba jedhamee waan amanamuuf,aadaan mammaaksa gargaaramanii
dargaggoota gorsuu jira.Akka ragaaleen mul‟isanitti, mammaaksi hubannoo dargaggootaa waan
cimsuuf,nuffii malee akka ergaa fudhatan waan godhuuf faayidaa guddaa qaba. Haaluma kanaan,
qabiyyeewwan kanneen akka, gaa‟eela, hojii,dhibaawummaa,akkeekkachiisuu, ofeeggannoo
,barsiisuu,amala badaafi amala gadhee, fi kanneen kanaan waliin walqabatanirratti xiyyeeffachuun
mammaaksaan fayyadamanii dargagoota gorsuun jira.Haa ta‟u malee rakkoolee tokko tokkorraan
kan ka‟e aadaa akkasii kana hojiirra oolchuun rakkisaa ta‟aa dhufeera.Rakkoon inni guddaan
dargaggoonni anatu caalaatiin yookiin dhimmoolee ammayyummaan walqabataniin,gorsa
mammaaksaan isaaniif kennamu fudhachuurratti rakkinni guddaan nimul‟achuu isaati.Dabalees,
warrumti isaaniis mammaaksaan gorsuurratti aadaa jiru irraanfachuun yookiin mammaaksichuma
wallaaluun itti fayyadamuurratti laafinni akka jiru ragaaleen mul‟isaniiru. Kun immoo dhumni
dargaggootaa akka hinbarreenne, balaaf akka isaaan saaxiluufi salphinni akka isaan eeggachuu
danda‟u deebiin hirmaattotaa ni‟agarsiisa. Kanarraa kan hubatamuu danda‟u, mammaaksi faayidaa
guddaa qabaatee, qabiyyeewwan irratti gorsi dargaggootaa mammaaksaan kennamuu danda‟us
jiraatee itti fayyadaminni warraa laafuufi dargaggoonnis gorsa fudhachuurratti rakkina qabaachuun
rakkina ta‟ee argameera. Dhumarratti, yaada furmaataa kaa‟uun barbaachisaa ta‟ee
argameera.Haaluma kanaan,waajirri Aadaafi turizimii,dhimmi dargaggootaa, dhimmi
hawaasummaa,gorsitoonni maatii(yoo jiraatan)akkasumas kanneen dhimmichi ilaallatu
hundi,mammaaksa gargaaramanii dargaggoota gorsuun faayidaa guddaa akka qabu beekuu qabu.
Dabales, karaatti hubannoon taasifamee, kaka‟umsi uumamee, aadaa boonsaan kun karaa hojiirra
ooluu danda‟u itti yadamu qaba. Akkasumas, mammaaksi bal‟inaan sirna barnootaa keessatti
hammatamee dargaggoonni akka ittiin ilaalcha gaarii qabaatan, safuufi aadaa isaanii hubatan
guchuun barbaachisaa ta‟uu isaa akka yaada furmaataatti (yaboo) dhiyaateera.

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Afoolummaa: Fayidaawwan Afoola Keenyaa Guddina Keenyaaf

Tadesse Jaleta (PhD) Dilla University

Axareera Fuula| 48
Afoolli ibbisituu fi hundee jiruuf jireenya saabaati. Afoollii qaroomina, beekumsaa fi
falaasama sabaati. Qorannoowan addaa addaa akka mullisanitti, afoollii sabaa tokkoo
eenyummaa, seenaa, ilaalchaa, beekumsaa fi rakkina sabichaa mullisuurra darbee guddina
aadaa, hawasummaa fi dinagdee sabichaa utuba. Afoolli Oromoos fayidaawan kana akka
qabaatu beekamaadha.Haa ta‟u malee Afoolli Oromoo akka barbaadameen guddina ummata
Oromoo utubaa jira jechuun hindanda‟amu.Afoolliif afoollummaan hundee aadaa Oromoo
ta‟ullee, qorannooniif itti fayyadamni afoola Oromoo irratti godhamaa jiru ammayyuu
xiqaadha.Kaayyoon barrefama kanaa qorannoowwan jiran irraatti hundaa‟uun, fayidaa
afoolummaa fi afoolli Oromoo guddina hawasummaa ummata Oromoof qabu irratti hubannoo
gabbisuudha. Kalattii kanaan afoolummaanii fi afoolli Oromoo qulqullina barnootaa jabeessuu
keessatti, dhaloonnii haaraan ( ijoolleenii, dargagoon, shamaran) aadaa Oromoo akkaa beekan
fi guddisan dandeesisuu keessatti, waldhaga‟uu fi walhubachuun dhaloota gidduutti akka
gabbatu gochuu keessatti, beekumsi, aadaan fi afaan sabichaa akka guddatu gochuu keessatti
fayidaawan bakka bu‟aa hinqabine akka kennu barreefamni kuni nimullisa. Barrefamni kuni
kan qophaa‟e qorannoowan kanaan duratti godhaman irraatti hundaa‟uu dhaan.

Jechoota Ijoo: Afoolummaa, Afoola, fayyadama, Uummata Oromo

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Oromoo Children‟s Folklore, the Documentation and Contextual Analysis of

Riddles among Afran Qalloo Oromoo
Emana Beyene (PhD) and Tadele Dheressa, Haramaya University, Department of Afan
Oromoo Literature and Communication
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Abstract
Being constructed from their cumulative cultural practices, the folkloric knowledge and
experiences of a given society provides it with massive and multifaceted educational and
entertaining lessons while addressing issues of various social groups. Children folklore like
riddles are among the common genres that serve as the bearer of moral values and education
helpful for children‟s proper upbringing. They are inclusive of taxonomies of educational
domains and ensure the proper growth and development of the children and make them active
and creative citizens. In spite of various social dynamic and cultural shifts that may
considerably affected the content, values and transmission of children‟s folklore, different
Oromoo clans have preserved such children‟s folklore together with their arts and crafts as part
of long-living traditions. The research was` aimed to document Oromoo riddles as the common
children‟s folklore together with their underlined and diverse human experiences, knowledge,
artistic expression, creativities, philosophical thoughts, linguistic features and imaginations of
the society. These themes fully elucidate the implicit, explicit and implied meanings of riddles
as the genre deals with issues of children. The digital video and audio recorders, focus group
discussion, interview and document analysis were used in the process of data gathering which
were qualitatively analyzed. The essential Oromoo concepts were used in Qubee Afan Oromoo
Script. The fundamental elements, social values, artistic thinking, experiences of the society,
philosophical thoughts, linguistic features and other aspects employed in the riddles were
critically examined. These themes are found to be the source of moral values and academies
lessons which are reliable and relevant to shape and construct children as active and creative
citizen.

Key Terms: Children, folklore, documentation, riddles, values, wisdom

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Papers on Custom
An Investigation into the Manifestation of Oromoo Culture in Folklore:
Focus on the Oromoo Cultural Elements Reflected in Some Selected
AfaanOromoo Proverbs (Mammaaksa)
By Wondimu Tegegne, Wolayita Soddo University, College of Social Sciences and Fuula| 50

Humanities,
Email: [email protected]: Wolayita Soddo, Ethiopia.
Abstract
Culture is the learned behavior of a group of people that includes language, ideas, beliefs,
customs, taboos, tools, art, values, attitudes, rituals, ceremonies, etc. It is socially transmitted
from generation to generation by word of mouth. Besides, folklore is traditional, art,
knowledge, expressions and practices that transmit the cultural values, morals and norms of
one society to its next generation. One way of reflecting the components of culture is through
proverbs, which is one genre of folklore. With this regard, Oromoo people has a well-
developed oral literature such as myths, tales, proverbs, riddles, folk songs, etc which have
been socially transmitted from one generation to the other. Particularly, proverb (mammaaksa)
is used by Oromoo as means of transmitting the culture, values and norms of the society.
Despite these, there is little or no study that is conducted on the cultural elements of Oromoo
people reflected in proverbs. So, the main purpose of this study was to describe the cultural
elements of Oromoo people that are reflected in proverbs. To achieve this objective, descriptive
research design was employed. AfaanOromoo mammaaksa were collected from elders and
documents using interview and document analysis respectively. Then, the collected proverbs
were assessed for their relevance and appropriateness to the purpose of this study. Thus, only
AfaanOromoo proverbs that reflect Oromoo cultural elements were selected and translated to
English for analysis. Next, the selected proverbs were grouped according to related themes.
Finally, the contents of the categorized proverbs were analyzed and interpreted thematically.
The analysis revealed that different Oromoo cultural elements are reflected in AfaanOromoo
mammaaksa. For example, the analysis divulged that trust and friendship, truthfulness, self-
respect and value, kinship and background, tolerance, advice, discussion, solidarity, sharing,
etc. are reflected as some of the cultural elements of Oromoo people. This shows that
AfaanOromoo makmmaaksa reflects the diverse Oromoo cultural norms and values.

Key Words: Afaan Oromoo, Folklore, Mammaaksa, Norms, Oromoo Culture, Proverbs,
Values

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Kunuunsa Qabeenya Uumamaa Keessatti Gahee Duudhaaleen Oromoo

Qaban Shanan Gibeerratti Xiyyeeffachuun
Dheeressaa Dheebuu-tiin (PhDc)

Axareeraa Fuula| 51
Kunuunsi naannoo dhimma cimaa Addunyaa si‟anaati. Haata‟u malee, eegumsa nannoorratti
qo‟annoowwan adeemsifaman yeroo dhihoo as darbanii darbanii yoo mul‟atanillee gaheen
duudhaleen aadaa eegumsa naannoof qaban xiyyeeffannoo hinarganne. Haaluma
walfakkaatuun, shoorri duudhaleen Oromoo karaa kanaan xaphatan haalaan hinqoratamne.
Kaayyoon qorannoo kanaa safuu Oromoon qabeenya uumamaaf qabuufi jijjiiramoota
dhawaataan dhufanirratti ibsa kennuudha. Qorannoo kanaaaf ragaleen tooftalee qorannoo
akkamtaa kanneeni akka afgaaffii, marii gareefi hirmaataa daawwaachuu fayyadamuun Shanan
Gibeetti hawaasa dhimmii isaa ilaallurraa kallattiin funaanamaniiru. Barreeffamoota qorannoo
kanaan wal qabatanis gadiifageenyaan xiinxaluuf yaaliin taasifameera. Malleen argannoowwan
qorraannoo kanaa qaaccesuuf faayidaarra oolan ammoo ibsaafi
seenessadha.Argannoowwan qoranno kanaa akka ibsanitti duudhaleen sirna siyaasaafi hawaasi-
diinagdee (Gadaa) Oromoo baroota hedduuf kunuunsa naannootiif gumaacha cimaa gochaa
turan. Garuu jalqaba jaarraa 19ffaa irraa kaasee, Abbootiin Duulaa Oromoo naannolee tokko
tokkootti Mootummoota Gonfoo hundeessanii sirna Gadaa dadhabsiisan. Babaldhinni
amantiiwwan alagaa ammoo ilaalchaafi kabaja Oromoon eegumsa naannoof qabu
gadibuuseera.Jijjiiramni amantii jijjiirama xiinsammuufi yaadaa waan fiduuf jijjiirama
naannoorrattis dhiibbaa cimaa qaba.Dhuma jaarraa 19ffaairratti ammoo Mootiin Habashaa
Miniliik IIn humna meeshaa waraana Awuurooppaatiin deeggaramuun daga Oromoo
(Oromiyaa) qabachuun qabeenyaa uumamaa, eegemusa naannoof osoo bakka hinkenniin,
duguugee saameee saamsiseera.Hooggantootni Absiiniyaa Miniliikiin asis immaammata
saamichaa kana daran cimsanii ittifufan.Ta‟eewwan kunneeni hundi duudhaalee Oromoon
kunuunsa naannootiif qabaachaa ture akka malee quucarsaniiru.Haata‟u malee, duudhaaleen
Oromoo kunneeni dhiibbaalee ormaa yeroo dheeraaf ittifufiinsaan taasifaman kanneeni hunda
dandamachuun hanga ammaattillee jireeenya haawaasa Oromoo keessatti calaqqisaa jiru..

Firiin qorannoo kanarraa argamus dhalootni ammaafi egeree dhuudhalee hayaqabeessoo

uummatni Oromoo duri kunuunsa naannoo keessatti ittifayyadamaa ture hubachiisuun akka
haaromsanii itti fayyadaman jajjabeessudha.

Jechoota Ijoo: Duudhaalee, Kununsa, Naannoo, Oromoo

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An Exploration of Problems and Prospects in Ilu Gadaa Revitalization

Lammeessaa Waaqgaarii-tiin
Abstract
The fundamental plan of this ethnographic research is to explore problems and prospects in Ilu
Gadaa revitalization. To get data from the society; interviews, focus group discussions, case Fuula| 52
studies and observation methods are utilized. Data gathered from the field were analyzed
qualitatively in line with the Societies‟ perspective and in a way science of ethnographic study
permitted. Thus, data from the field show that in early settlement pattern, the pioneer nine Ilu
clan called „salgan Ilu‟ namely, Ilu, Yayo, Coora,Mettu, Hurumu, Dorani, Suphe, Bure, and
Nonoo could established Gadaa at OdaaDoggii/laga seenaa in Yayyoo district after they
expanded from OdaaBisil. In that time they governed according to the Gadaa system by
selecting their representative from each clan and made 56 seats which similar to current
parliamentary system. Through time similar to other Oromoo groups, Menelik army conquer
this area after a series of clash made with the forces Oromoo Ilu which led by Fatansa Ilu.
After conquest, the egalitarian system of gadaa was banned and neftegna system was imposed
on these societies. Currently in the 21st century, Ilu Gadaa that weakened for more than 133
years is in the process of revitalization. Accordingly, in 2015 five Gadaa parties were
established in Ilu Abbaa boor. However, in the revitalization process it is facing several
problems. Firstly, electing gadaa leader is not according to traditional gadaa law. Secondly, the
institution lacks budget. Furthermore, it is dependent on government fund. Besides, the impact
of Globalization and modernization are another problem. Moreover, the institution also faced
challenge from Christian and Muslim religion. Lastly, the studied people have little knowledge
of Gadaa system, because lack of awareness from current generation. Observing these
difficulties the researcher recommended that different individuals, stakeholders, NGO‟s and
educational institutions have to engage further research on Ilu Gadaa and have to support gadaa
revitalization process. Now, Gadaa is believed as the solution to bring peace, unity and
development not only in Ethiopia but also in the world. We can understand this from UNESCO
registered the system as world cultural heritage. Data from the field show that the reviving Ilu
Gadaa contributed a lot for registration of Gadaa by UNESCO. This is due to the fact that it
considered as active Gadaa among the western part of Oromiyaa. However, in the revitalization
process, Gadaa is changing its originality because of different factors mentioned above. So, the
researcher highly recommends that priority have to be given to knowledgeable persons to keep
its originality. Alongside, local peoples and government should have to endeavour to establish
strong gadaa institution.
Key words: Gadaa, revitalization, problems, prospects, Ilu,Odaa Doggii

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Guddifachaa an Indigenous Childcare Practice of Oromoo Society:

Perspectives and Mechanisms of Revitalization in Tulama Oromoo
Taye Dida
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Abstract

Guddifachaa is an ingenious, indigenous and endogenous childcare practice, which has been
practiced and is practiced in a ritual way by the Oromoo society. Guddifachaa is a voluntary
system of customary adoption in which birth families and adoptive parents have an arrangement
of bringing up an adoptee based on Safuu in general and cultural norms, values, rituals, and
obligations in particular. Previous studies showed that guddifachaa as customary adoption should
be supported rather than replaced by formal adoption; and despite its indignity, it has been facing
various challenges. The purpose of this study is to describe guddifachaa and what it means to
serve “the best interests of the child” from perspectives of triad parties i.e., adopters,adoptees and
birth families and identifying mechanisms of its revitalization. The study was descriptive
qualitative case study at cross sectional design. Out of non-probability sampling, purposive and
snowball sampling techniques were used respectively. The participants of the study included
adoptive families, adoptees, birth families, Abbaa Gadaa, elders and experts. Twenty sample sizes
were selected from the target population in the study site of Metta of Tulama Oromoo. Data
collection methods were in-depth interview, observation and document review. The collected data
was analyzed by using thematic analysis. The data quality assurance was employed
trustworthiness criteria to maximize credibility, dependability, transferability and conformability.
The current study found out thatguddifachaa is driven from Afan Oromoo term and is common
cultural practice of Oromoo society in which infertile individuals or families havebeen seeking to
adopt children from other families according to its ritual purpose since time immemorial.
Guddifachaa is viewed positively because it is an indigenous cultural institution in which childless
families have their own children to get social protection and social security in turn. The
registration of Gadaa system into United Nations Educational Scientific Cultural Organization and
the use of guddifachaa term in national and regional legal instruments can be considered as
opportunities; and breaking down of social, economic and system of Oromoo society; and
oppressive system of past regimes may be taken as challenges of guddifachaa. In order to
revitalize guddifachaa, Gadaa System should be in place because it is a symbol umbrella of the
Oromoo‟s identity. The study demands implications from education, research, policies, social
workers, other concerned bodies and practice to maintain this best practice for childcare.

Keywords: Guddifachaa as indigenous childcare practice, perspectives, triadparties,

mechanisms of revitalization, best interests of the child, Oromoo society

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Xiinxala Laguu Foon Beeyladootaafi Bineensotaan Walqabatu:

Xiyyeeffannoon Oromoo Waayyu Shanan
Leeniin Quuxoo Hamaadoo10
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Axareera
Qorannoon kun laguu soorata foon beeyladootaafi bineensotaa seeneeffamoota afoolaan
walqabatu addeesse. Ragaan qorannoo kanaa malleen qorannoo marii gareefi af-gaafiin
guurame. Ragaan guurames malleen qulqulleeffataa keessaa maloota addeessuufi hiikuutiin
xiinxalame(qaacceeffame). Akka ragaan hojii dirree qorannoo kanaa mul‟isutti gosoonni Arsii
Waayyu Shanan hedduun waan seenaa keessatti isaan mudate irraa ka‟uun foon bineensota fi
beeyladoota adda addaa lagatu. Yeroo laguun sun uumamerraa kaasanii waa‟ee laguu sanaa
seeneffama afoolaatiin himaa dhaloota barsiisaa labatatti dabarsaa deemu. Akkaataa kanaan
foon bineensotaafi beeyladootaa lagachuun oolee bulee eenyummaa gosa nyaata sana lagatuu
ta‟aa deema. Warra irree lagatuun irre-dideessa, warra arraba lagatuun, arrab-dideessa, warra
boora lagatuun, boor-dideessa jedhanii waamu.Gosoonni kunniin maqaa ittiin beekaman
qabaataniyyuu waan seenaa keessatti isaan mudate irraa ka‟uun waan lagatan saniin
waamamuu jalqabu jechuudha.Eenyummaan laguun walqabatu kunis akka gosoonni adda
addaa walqeeqan, walitti qoosaniifi wal jajjabeessaniif bu‟uura ta‟a.Walumaa galatti, aadaan
Oromoo waan Amantii Oromoo ganamaatiin walqabatu aadaa hafuuraa afoolaan ibsamuun
badhaadhaadha.Kanaafuu, guddina ogbarruu Oromoo reefuu lafa qabachaa jiru kana caalatti
gabbisuudhaaf qorannoon Fookloorawaan akka kanaa taasifamuun baay‟ee murteessaadha.

Jechoota Ijoo: Aadaa/laguu/safuu/ Seeneffama afoolaa /Waayyuu/

MA in Oromo Folklore and Cultural Studies, Lecturer at Jimma University, Oromo Folklore and
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Literature. Contact: e-mail: [email protected]

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The Custom of Sex Preference among the Maccaa Oromoo

Geremewu Huluka (PhD)
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Abstract
The custom of sex preference is a sine qua non for relevant, effective institutions rooted in
authenticity and tradition, yet open to modernity and change. Cultural identity is essential for
the self-assurance that societies need for endogenous development. Expanding the
opportunities for the expression of people in these rapidly modernizing societies remains the
only long-range solution to assist their cultural evolution. This space of freedom is linked to the
issues of empowerment and culture. Sex preference culture among the Maccaa Oromoo has
been related with the custom and livelihood strategy of the society. The general purpose of this
study is to explore and describe the sex preference custom of the Maccaa Oromoo of East
Wallaga. Qualitative method was employed to collect data. Accordingly key informant
interview and focus group discussion were the data collection tools the researcher used in this
research. The data collected through these tools were transcribed, translated in to English,
thematically categorized and organized to produce a ful explanation and description of sex
preferences among the Maccaa Oromoo.The major findings of the research indicate that most
males and females in the study area prefer sons to daughters. The major reasons are economic,
cultural and social factors. But as a result of changes in the three factors, there are currently
some changes in the area of sex preferences.

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Sirna Kabaja Raabaa Oromoo Arsii Aanaa Dodolaa Biratti

Milkessaa Ida‟ee Tufaa11& Hasan Nageessoo Gafarsoo12
E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]
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Axereeraa

Kaayyoon qorannoo kanaa sirna raawwii ayyaana raabaa Oromoo Arsii Aanaa Dodoolaa
qorachuu yemmuu ta‟uu,sirni gadaa Oromoo Arsii keessaattuu sirni raawwii ayyaana raabaa
qoratamuu dhabuun ka‟umsa qorannichaati.Kanuma bu‟ureffachuun galmagahiinsa qorannoo
kanaatiif qoratoonni mala qorannooqulqulleeffataa yookin akkamtaa dhimma
bahaniiru.Odeeffannoo jalqabaa walitti qabachuufis af-gaafii,marii garee fi daawwannaa
gargaaramaniiru. Haaluma kanaan maanguddootaa kanneen waa‟ee raabaa sirritti beekan kudha
(13) waliin af-gaafii geggeesineerra. Dabalataanis,garee shan (5) kan miseensota jahaa hanga
sadeetii qabu ijaaruun marii garee geggeesineerra. Namoonni marii garee keessatti qooda
fudhatan umriin akkasumaas sadarkaa miseensa gadaa adda adda. Isaanis hooka,abboootii
gadaa,baallii,bokkuu fi cifireedha. Af-gaafii fi marii garee malees qoratoonni iddoo sirnichi iitti
raawwwatamu fi adeemsa isaa daawwataniiru. Gama birootin,kitaabilee fi barruulee kallattinis
ta‟ee al kallattiin mata duree qorannoo kanaarratti katabaman sakatta‟amaniiru. Argannoon
qorannoo kanaa Raabni jilaa yookin garee baallii gadaa tokko jalatti bulu yemmuu
ta‟u,ayyaanni raabaa sirna miseensonni yookin raabni gadaa isaa xumuree baallii itti aanuuf
dabarsuuf keessa darbuu. Sirni kunis korma wal-argii qaluu irraa eegalee hanga re‟ee
muxuxxeetti waggaa saddeet fudhata. Ayyaanni raabaa dhaloota akkaataa baallii isaanitiin
gaaddisa gadaa jalatti tiksa,hariiroo hawwaasummaa ni cimsa,akkasumaas tokkummaa fi aadaa
waldanda‟uu ni jabeessa.Ta‟us,sirni raawwii raabaa yeroo ammaa dhiibbaalee keessoo fi
alaarraan kan ka‟e laafaa fi labata haara‟a biratti dagatamaa dhufeera. Qaamni dhiimi ilaallatu
kanneen akka waajira Aadaa fi Turiizimii,qoratoonni aadaa/Foklooristoonni hawaasa abbaa
aadichaa waliin ta‟uun akkaataa badiinsarraa hafuu danda‟urratti hojjechuun furmaata
jalqabaati.

Ijoo: Arsii, Baallii, Bokkuu, Gadaa, Hooka,Raabaa

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Yunibarsiitii Jimmaa,koolleejjii Sayinsiilee Hawaasaa fi Namummaa,Muummee Fokloorii Fi Og-barruu Oromoo
12
Yunibarsiitii Jimmaa,koolleejjii Sayinsiilee Hawaasaa fi Namummaa,Muummee Soosolojii

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Restorative Justice and Re-integrative shaming of offenders in the Oromo Guma system:
reflection on the Arsi Oromo‟s reintegrative and restorative practices

Jeylan Wolyie Hussein, PhD in Peace & Conflict Resolution, Associate Professor, Haramaya
University, Ethiopia, e-mail: [email protected] Fuula| 57

Abstract

The reintegrative theory of punishment particularly the idea of reconciling conflictants through
reintegrative shaming of offenders have recently entered the international literature on conflict
management, peacemaking, justice restoration and conflict resolution. However, the Oromoo
have long been implementing similar or related practices to deal with complexity of social
violence and to facilitate victim-offender mediation and communication. This paper discusses
some aspects of the Arsi Oromoo‟s reintegrative shaming practices and the role of those
practices in restoring peace at interpersonal and intercommunal levels. The paper assesses the
meanings of the Oromoo restorative justice processes and reintegrative shaming elements in
the light of theoretical foundations and validations that promote meaningful meetings and
interactions between victims, offenders and communities in cultivating norms of mutual
recognition and dignity, sense of trust, empathy, feelings of solidarity, compassion, respect and
spirit of mutuality. The paper‟s central argument is that the Oromoo‟s reintegrative shaming
processes are interactive, participatory, deliberative and engaging processes that facilitate
conditions for offenders to experience more remorse and more forgiveness. The paper outlines
the implications for future inquiries into the social, cultural, moral and psychological
foundations of the Oromoo reintegrative shaming practices.

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Gahee Safuuwwan Shanan Oromoo Maccaa Nageenya Buusuu Keessatti

Qaban
Dr. Filee Jaallataa,
Imeelii: [email protected],
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Axareeraa
Uummanni kamiyyuu falaasama jiruufi jireenya isaa ittiin gaggeessu adda addaa qaba.
Kaayyoon gooroo waraqaa kanaa “Gahee Safuuwwan Shanan Oromoo Maccaa Nageenya
Buusuu Keessatti Qaban” xiinxaluu irratti kan xiyyeeffatedha. Haaluma kanaan kaayyoo
gooreen isaa ammoo gahee safuun Oromoo Maccaa jiruufi jireenya hawaasummaa, siyaasaafi
dinagdee, akkasumas xiinsammuu keessatti nagaafi tsgabbii buusuu keessatti qabu
gadifageenyaan xiinxaluudha. Barreessitoonni biyya keessaafi biyya alaa tokko tokko,akka
barreessanitti, Oromoon seeraafi aadaa hinqabu yoo jedhan iyyuu, Oromoon Maccaa akkuma
Oromoota biroo gaaddisa Uumaafi Gadaa jalatti heeraafi seera (rule of nature) safuuwwan
badii (unacceptable norms): Lubbuu baasuu, sagaagaluu, sobuu, hatuufi kofoo uummataa
saaquu ittiin to‟atan baafatee ittiin hojjechaa jira. Qorannoo kun gosoota qorannoo saynabsaa
(ethnographic research) keessaa sakatta‟aan (survey ethnography) kan gaggeeffame yommuu
tahu, adeemsa qorannoo kanaa keessatti malleen odeeffannoo ittiin walitti qabame mariigareefi
afgaaffii mit-caaseffamaa, akkasuams, malli qaaccessa ragaalee akkamtaa keessaa malli
xiinxala qabiyyee hojiirra oolee jira. Bu‟aan qorannoo kanaa akka ibsutti, Oromoon Maccaa
safuuwwan shanan kanaan: rakkoolee siyaasaa ittiin furuudhaan, mirgoota dhala namaafi
bineelladoota biroo ittiin kabachiisuudhaan, rakkoolee dinagdee ittiin furuufi iccitii hawaasaa
ittiin eegsisuudhaan nagaafi nageenya isaa ittiin tasgabbeessaa akka jiru xiinxalamee jira.
Karaa biraas, safuuwwan kunniin seera ammayya caalaa adeemsa guyyuu Oromoo Maccaa
keessatti uummatichi haaloofi xiiqii keessa akka hingalleefi safuuwwan badii tahan
hundeedhaa furuu keessatti gahee olaanaa akka qaban ragaaleen qorannoo kanaa addeessanii
jiru. Falaasama aslii kan tahan, Safuuwwan Shanan Oromoo Maccaa kanneen gahee isaan
nagaafi nageenya buusuu keessatti qaban kana caalaa beekamtii argatanii hojiirra akka oolaniif
ummanni Oromoofi quuqamtoonni beeekumsa aslii (indegnious knowledge) biroon gumaacha
guddaa taasisuu qabu.

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Utilization and Conservation Status of Medicinal Plants in SW Oromia

Kitessa Hundera (PhD) Jimma University

Abstract Fuula| 59
Millions of people around the world depend on native plants as sources of food, medicine,
wood and other products to sustain their livelihoods. As a result, traditional botanical
knowledge of indigenous communities relating to the uses and management of wild plant
resources is extensive. Indigenous people are often very knowledgeable about their
environment, including plant and animal species. The Oromoo people have a long tradition of
social organization, the Gada System, by which they maintain their social, political and cultural
systems. The traditional healers of the Oromoo people are well known in treating many
illnesses with medicines made from local medicinal plant species and individuals also were
known to use plants for home remedies for minor illnesses. Medicinal plants are the integral
part of the Oromoo culture and have been used over many centuries. The majority of the
population that lives in the rural and the poor people in urban areas rely mainly on traditional
medicines to meet their primary health care needs. The objective of this review was to assess
traditional medicinal plants use for the treatment of human and his domestic animals ailments
by the Oromoo people in Southwest Oromia. Data were generated from Google scholar data
base. The result revealed that the Oromoo people used diverse species of plants for treatment
of ailments such as Stomach ache, snake bite, intestinal parasites, asthma, rheumatism, sexually
transmitted disease, dysentery, broken bone, cough, tooth ache, wounds etc. The widespread
use of traditional medicine among both urban and rural Oromoo populations could be attributed
to cultural acceptability, its attributed efficacy against certain types of diseases, and physical
accessibility. But presently this practice and the associated traditional knowledge is under great
threat due to Environmental degradation, deforestation, agricultural expansion, loss of forests
and woodlands, over-harvesting, overgrazing and changing of cultures, habits and lifestyles
(loss of indigenous knowledge). Complete inventory of the medicinal plants used in each
locality in Oromia, domestication and cultivation of medicinal plants (majority being wild) is
recommended before the complete loss of the plants and the knowledge associated with it.

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Beyond the Cannon of Liberal Democracy

A Lesson from Gadaa for Deliberative Democracy
Zelalem T. Sirna
Abstract
The main objective of this paper is to diagnose the limitations of the Western liberal Fuula| 60
democracy; and aims to uncover the vitality of a communitarian deliberative democracy.
Liberal theorists point out that one of the most important thing in majoritarian democracy is the
attainment of the will of the people through representatives. However, in a state-society´s
asymmetrical power relation, the agent-principal relation type of explanation does not work.
Besides, the invention of secret ballot, despite its importance, is the first enemy of open public
decision making process. Methodologically, this paper approaches this issue from the
theoretical perspective of the “epistemologies of the South” – a transcendental approach toward
the Western liberal democracy. It makes use of the primary data collected through non-
participant observation and interviews with Abba Gadaas and Gadaa councilors. To
substantiate this discussion, the case of Gadaa General Assembly of the Guji people (Mee´ee
Bokkuu) is taken to indicate how the Guji- Oromoo deliberate and decide over environmental
protection. Moreover, the secondary sources are also sufficiently used. Considering the
limitations of the liberal democracy, the paper proposes a communitarian deliberative
democracy – a move from an aggregate to consensual democracy. Because, for the Oromoo,
deliberative democracy is a custom than an alien concept. Deliberation is an art and
performances rooted in the Oromoo culture that awaits cultivation. Finally, for the efficacy of
public deliberation, drawing lessons from Gadaa system, the paper recommends seven
procedural imperatives [1. scale, 2. time, 3. social capital, 4. adverse-inquisitive approach, 5.
structuration, 6. duty first - rights second, 7. Gender sensitivity].

Key terms: Deliberative democracy, Epistemologies of the South, Gadaa, Guji- Oromoo.


Zelalem T. Sirna, a PhD Student of Democracy in Twenty-First Century, at Centre for Social Studies, University of Coimbra,
Portugal. He can be reached at: [email protected]

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Appraising Gadaa System as an African Version of Classical Human and

Democratic Rights
By Solomon Emiru Gutema, Wollega University, School of Law
Title: Lecturer [LL.B, LL.M]
Email: [email protected] Fuula| 61

Abstract
Social scientists have believed that the concept of human and democratic rights have been
created and nurtured in the western democracies only. The notion of human and democratic
rights like the right to life, human dignity, security of person, family rights, asylum, freedom of
movement, the right to privacy, freedom of speech, sovereignty of the people, sanctity of
human rights, accountability of government and the like have been considered as a western
brand of human rights and democratic rights. Accordingly, believing in and practicing these
fundamental human and democratic rights had had hardly possible on the land of the black
Africans. Therefore, the westerners have been advising Africans to transplant and extended the
western brands of human and democratic rights in their continent. They have considered all
traditional customary laws in Africa, including Gadaa system as primitive and incompatible
with the modern notion of human and democratic rights. Consequently the objective of this
research is to appraise the traditional version of human and democratic rights embedded in
Gadaa system through juxtaposing with the western version of human and democratic rights
principles. To fulfill its objectives, this research has employed doctrinal legal research
methods; which includes review of related literatures, legal and document analyses, comparing
principles and others. The findings of this research have confirmed that the concept of Human
rights and Democratic Rights had been originated, nurtured and practiced by the Oromoo
through Gadaa oriented governance since immemorial time. Therefore, respecting and valuing
human dignity and protecting the nature as a whole, are not recent phenomenon for the Oromoo
which had started after the Second World War like the western democracies. The Oromoo have
great place for the entire human beings, for both citizens and aliens, giving asylum for refuges,
valuing children and women, ensuring equality, rule of law, peace, development, sovereignty
of the people and conserving the natural recourses were there embedded in Gadaa system since
the ancient time.
Key Words: [Human Rights, Gadaa, Oromoo, Democracy]

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Papers on History
Sakatta‟iinsa Seenaa Seera Ambaa/Arsii
Ginbaar Nagaraa-tiin
Barsiisaa, Mana Barumsaa Namoomaa (Humanities)fi Saayinsii Hawaasaa, Yunivarsitii Fuula| 62
Saayinsiifi Tekinooloojii Adaamaa
imeelii:- [email protected]

Axareera
Qorannoon kun sakatta‟iinsa seenaa seera Oromoo Arsii, Seera Ambaa irratti kan
xiyyeeffatedha. Uummatni Oromo sirna Gadaa, tumaa olaantummaa heeraafi seeraan
gaggeeffamaa bulchiinsa dimookiraatawwaa ijaaruu seenaan ni eera. Bulchiinsa sirna Gadaa
jalatti matootii jajjaboon yeroofi wiirtuulee Gadaa addaa addaatti seera kennuu, tumuufi
haaromsuun dalagaafi gumaata olaanaa qabaachuu ragaan afoolaafi galmee barruu ni mul‟isu.
Oromootni Arsii wiirtuu Gadaa ofii, Odaa Roobaa taasifachuun yeroo dheeraatiif seera ofii
baasaa, tumataafi haaromsaa ittiin bulaafi walbulchaafi murtiilee jajjaboo kennaafi dabarsaa
turaniiru.Kanneen keessa inni hangafni tumaa seera Arsii ganamaa, Seera Ambaati. Seerri
Ambaa tumaatama haaromsa seera Oromoo Arsii isa olaanaa, maqaa gaggeessaafi hayyicha
gadaa, Ambatoo Dayyoo irraa kan fudhatamedha. Kanas ta‟u garuu, seenaan seerotii Ormoo
qorannoo bal‟aan hindeeggaramne. Qorannoon kun mala qorannoo ibsaan (qualitative) ragalee
tooftaaleefi meeshaalee mala qorannoo kanaa bu‟uura godhatan karaafi bifa addaa addaan
guuraman walitti qindessuuniifi seenessuu dhimma ba‟a. Argannoon qorannoo kana akka
muldhusutti, seerri Ambaa haarmosa Gadaa Oromoo Arsii marsaa Gadaa Roobalee keessa
wiirtuu caffee Odaa Roobaatti bara 1490 kan gaggeessamedha. Kunis tumaa heeraafi seeraa
ilaalchaafi hariiroo uumaafi uumamaa, dhimmootaafi wantoota jiruufi jireenya gurguddoo
waliigalaarratti murtii mirgaafi dirqamaa baasuufi labsuunsirna haaromsa gudda
gaggeessamedha.Bu‟aan qorannoo kana immoo akka ibsutti, Seerri Ambaa bu‟uura gadaa
Arsiin seera bulmaataa hariiroon jireenya hawaasummaafi naannoo uumamaa dhalootaa
dhalootatti seeraa kana jalatti akka ijaaramuufi gaggeessamuu taasisaa tureera. Haa ta‟u malee,
baroota 1850 keessaa eegalee sababa babal‟achuufi olaantummaa dhiibbaa amantii islaamaa fi
weerara sirna Nafxanyootaa gara dhuma jaarraa 19ffaa gad dhiibamaafi laafaa dhufeera. Kanas
ta‟u garuu, goleewwan iddoofi dhimmoota hawwasummaa muraasa qajeelchuu irraati ga‟ee
qabaachuun isa ni mul‟ata. Kanaaf, qorannoon kun sochii haaromsa gadaa adeemsifama jiru
gabbisuuf shoora mataasaa akka taphatu fi dhimmoota hawaasichaa hedduuf furmaata akk ta‟u
ni abdatama.
Jechoota Ijoo: seera, Arsii, ambaa, haarmosa, gadaa.

Institute of Oromoo Studies & Institute of Oromoo and Afro-Asiatic Studies, 13-14 April 2018
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Jimma University, IOS and Wollega University, IOAS, 13-14 April 2018

The Epitomizations of Anoole and Menelik II Monuments in the Age of

Reconciliation in the Ethiopian Polity: Challenges and Opportunities

Mulualem Daba Tola

Wolaita Sodo University, College of Social Sciences and Humanities,
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Department of Public Relation and Communication Studies
Email:[email protected]
Wolaita Sodo, Ethiopia.

Abstract
Monuments are long lasting historical sites that transfer history from one generation to next
generation. In Ethiopia, several memorial monuments have been constructed based on internal
and external war histories. Historians usually wrote external war histories in which one country
fought with another country or external power more or less in similar ways. On the histories of
civil war, however, historians sometimes wrote either supporting or opposing, its good or
bad side of the civil war. The narratives of civil war histories have been also
reproduced by the victims and perpetrators side at different focal points. Accordingly,
Anoole memorial monument and Menelik equestrian statue are the face of one coin in
representing the war history took place during the monarchical regime in Ethiopia. The purpose
of this study is to examine the historiography of both status challenges and opportunities in the
process of today‟s reconciliation between victims and perpetrators group in the Ethiopian
polity. The study critically investigates the pro and counter historical narratives revolve around
the epitomizations of both statues. A theory of representation has been employed as the basic
theoretical framework for the study. The study employed textual analysis, document analysis
and in-depth interview as tools to generate data. Employing document and textual analysis, the
study focused on the currently closed down nongovernment magazines (Addis Guday, Lomi,
Inqu, and Jano), and documents from Oromia Culture and Tourism Bureau and Addis Ababa
City Governance were selected and analyzed qualitatively. Besides, in-depth interview was
employed with four participants from academic arena particularly from history and fine art
fields of study to triangulate the textual analysis. The result of the study reveals that the
historical narratives of both statues is highly polarized and wrongly represented as only history
of the two large ethnic groups in Ethiopia. The deconstructive historical theses of Anoole
memorial monument about the normative historical narratives of Menelik II statue has been
produce animosity among the Oromoo and Amhara people. This in turn become a main
challenge in reconciliation process where both people live together in peaceful co-existence
and respect. Lastly, the study makes suggestion as to how the challenge could be changed to
prospect and the symbolization of both monuments might be preached for the generation to
come.

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Seenaa Aadaa Jilaafi Tokkummaa Oromoo

Tasfaayee Tolasaa-tiin

Yuuniivarsiitii Wallaggaa Kolleejjii Saaynsii Hawwasaa Muummee Barnoot Seenaa

Email: [email protected] Fuula| 64

Axareera
Jilli adeemsa bakka bu‟oonni qomoo Oromo waggaa saddeet sadeetiin gara giddu galeessaa
teessoo Abbaa Muudatti taasisan.Abbaan Muudaaa abbaa amantii Oromoofi to‟ataa aadaa
Oromooti. Sirna amantiifi aadaarraa kan hafe sirna bulchiinsa aangoo Abbaa Gadaa keessa
hinseenu. Jilli saba Oromoo bakka bu‟uun deeman qaama guutuu, dabbasaa kan
hinbuusanneefi saba biratti kabjamoo kan ta‟anidha. Deemsa aadaa jilaa kanaan waan
gurguddaa sadii raawwata. Tokkoffaa akkaataa aadaafi safuu Oromoo bakkatti eegan, kan
rakkoo ta‟e immoo fooyyessanirratti mari‟atu. Lammaffaa sirni Waaqeffannaa Oromoo bakkaa
bakkatti bifa walfakkaatuun akka adeemuuf qajeelfama fudhatu. Sadaffaa ofiifis ta‟e saba
Oromoo bakka bu‟aniif eebbaa fuudhu. Kanaafuu, kaayyoon waraqaa kanaa seenaa keessatti
ga‟ee sirni aadaa jilaa tokkummaafi eenyummaa Oromoo tiksuu keessaati qabu kan ilaaledha.
Akkasumas akkaataa sirni aadaa jilaa Oromoo maaliif akka dadhabaa dhufe kan xiinxaledha.
Waraqaan kun xinxala isaa keessatti adeemsa tooftaa qorannoo akkamtaa fayyadame.Maddi
ragaalee waraqaa kanaa Afoolaafi barreeffamoota yeroo adda addaa barreeffamanidha.

Jechoota ijoo: Jila, Muuda, Abbaa Muudaa, Gadaa, Warra jilaa

Institute of Oromoo Studies & Institute of Oromoo and Afro-Asiatic Studies, 13-14 April 2018
 The 3rd International Oromoo Studies Conference

Jimma University, IOS and Wollega University, IOAS, 13-14 April 2018

Seenaa Wiirtuulee Gadaa

Darajjee Hinnawuu (Piroofesera Gargaaraa Seenaa), Yuunivarsiitii Wallaggaa
Bilbila: +251-9-11 33 95 46 Email: [email protected]

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Seenaa keessatti wiirtuun Gadaa (Odaan) bakka itti Sirni Gadaa gaggeeffamaa turedha.Odaan
mallattoo eenyummaafi hundee tokkummaa Oromoo ta‟uun tajaajila. Haata'u malee, hanga
ammaatti wiirtulee Gadaa fayyadamuun seenaan Oromoo gad-fageenyaan waan hin
qoratamneef beekumsi seenaa gama kanaan jiru hir'uudha. Kanarraa kan ka'e yeroo baay'ee
baay'inni Odaalee shan qofa akka ta'anitti ibsamu irra darbee Maddi Walaabuu akka hangafa
wiirtuulee Gadaatti ibsama. Kunis seenaa Sirna Gadaa haaromsa bara 1445 Madda Walaabuutti
taasisame dura ture xiinxaluu dhabuurraa madda. Hir'ini kunis seenaa jalqaba Sirna Gadaa
jaarraa 15ffaatti daangessuu qofa utuu hinta'iin beekumsa seenaa Gadaa irratti qabnu hir'uu
taasisa. Wiirtuuleen Gadaa kunneen tokkummaafi sirna Gadaa keessatti ga'ee olaanaa osoo
qabanii dhiibbaa yeroo garaagaraa tureen har'a bakka hedduunsaanii itti argman addaan
baasanii himuun nama rakkisa. Kanaaf, xiinxalli seenaa wiirtuulee Sirna Gadaa beekumsa
gahaa sirna Gadaafi seenaa Oromoo ibsuu nidanada'a. Qorannoon kun wiirtuulee Sirna Gadaa
giddugaleessa, kaabaafi dhiha Oromiyaa bu'uureffatee seenaa Sirna Gadaa haala dinagdee,
hawaasummaafi siyaasa yeroo adda-addaa ture bira qabuun ibsuu yaale. Maddi ragaalee seenaa
kanaa afoola Oromoo, ragaalee qorannoo barreeffamaa bulchiinsa mootummaa Abisiiniyaafi
qorannooleen hortee Kuush irratti gaggeeffaman galtee ragaalee qorannichaati.

Jechoota Ijoo: Gadaa, Odaa, Wiirtuu, Haaromasa, Seenaa

Institute of Oromoo Studies & Institute of Oromoo and Afro-Asiatic Studies, 13-14 April 2018
 The 3rd International Oromoo Studies Conference

Jimma University, IOS and Wollega University, IOAS, 13-14 April 2018

Seenaa Ogummaa Harkaa Oromoo Maccaa Naqamteefi Naannooshee (sibila

tumuu, wayyaa dhahuu, suphee dhahuu, gogaa duuguufi hojii gaafaa) hanga
bara 1991tti
Warqinaa Abarraatiin
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Axeerera
Oromoon Maccaa, Jiruufi jireenyasaanii hawaasummaafi dinagdee ofii gaggeeffachuuf jecha
hojii ogummaa harkaa garaagaraarratti hirmaachuun jiraachaa turaniiru. Ogummaan harkaa
beekumsaafi dandeettii qabeenya naannoo ofii jiru ittifayyadamuu kan dandeessiseefi hojii
qonnaa yeroo dheeraaf guddisuufi dagaagsuu keessatti gahee olaanaa qabaachaa kan turedha.
Qo‟annoon kunis kaayyoonsaa inni ijoon seenaa ogummaa harkaa sakatta‟uu, ogummaa kana
kan hojjechaa turan eenyufaa akka ta‟an adda baasuufi gahee ogummaan harkaa kun hawaas-
dinagdeefi siyaasa Oromoo keessatti inni qabu adda baasuufi imaammata bulchiinsi biyya
keenyaa hojii ogummaa kanarratti qabaachaa ture sakatta‟uudha. Seenaan kunis kan ilaalamu
yemmuu bara bulchiinsa Gadaatii hanga kufaatii bulchiinsa Dargiitti(1991) kan hammatudha.
Bakkeewwan qo‟annoo kanaas haala argamaafi faca‟insa hojiiwwan ogummaa harkaa irratti
hundaa‟uun kan uummanni Oromoo Naqamteefi naannoon ishee gahee olaanaa keessatti
qabanidha. Meeshaan odeeffannoon ittiin funaananamummoo af-gaaffiifi ogummaalee harka
jiran daawwachuudhaan ta‟a.Isaanis,ogummaalee sibila tumuu, wayyaa dhahuu, suphee
dhahuu, gogaa duuguufi hojii gaafaa kanneen hojjetanidha. Qo‟annoo kanaaf af-gaaffiif
kannneen filataman odeeffannoo bal‟aa qabu jedhamanii yaadaman ogeeyyii hojii harka kan
ta‟aniifi ogeeyyii hojii harka kan hinta‟iin irraati. Bu‟aafi argannoon qorannoo kanaa akka
agarsiisuttis namoonni hojii kana hojjetaniifi hojiiwwansaanii ogummaaleefi bu‟aalee
ogummaa jedhamanii waamamu.Bu‟aan hojiiwwan kanaammoo hawaasa Oromoof karaa
dinagdee, hawaasummaafi aadaa gahee guddaa taphateera. Ogeeyyiin kunneenis tuffatamoofi
akka gadaantotaatti ilaalamaa kan turan ta‟uusaaniiti. Kanneen hojii kanarratti hinhirmaanneen
kan jibbamaniifi tuffataman ta‟ee maqaa arrabsoo itti baasanii, tumtuufi duugduu (faaqii)
jedhanii akka waamamaa turan ni mul‟isa. Akkasumas bara bulchiinsa Dargii dura
keessumattuu yeroo sirna fiiwudaalaa ilaalcha gaariin ogeeyyii kanaaf akka hinturreefi garuu
yeroo dargii fooyya‟inni tokko tokko karaa hariiroo warra ogeeyyifi kan ogeeyyii hin ta‟iin
gidduutti akka dhufe ni agarsiisa. Karaa biroommoo, seenaan mata-duree kana ilaalchisee
gadifageenyaafi xiyyeeffannoon qo‟atame hinjiru.Kana jechuun maddi ragaa seenawaa gahaa
ta‟e akka hinjirredha. Haata‟u malee, qo‟annoon kun seenaa ogummaa harkaa Oromoo Maccaa
bakkeewwan filatamanitti barreessuuf yaaluun barbaachisummaasaa karaa hawaas-dingdeefi
siyaasa hawaasa Oromoo naannoo qorannoon kun gaggeeffametti adda baasuuf yaalii
taasiseera.

Jechoota Ijoo: Oromoo Maccaa, Ogummaa, ogummaa harka, sibila tumuu, kurfee,gordana

Institute of Oromoo Studies & Institute of Oromoo and Afro-Asiatic Studies, 13-14 April 2018