Articles

Worku Burayu (Ph.D.) Introduction The passing of my younger brother, Kumsa Burayu, who gave his life to the cause of Oromo unity, has compelled me to write this article—both as a...

  Asafa Jalata, PHD Professor of Sociology, Global and Africana Studies the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Abiy Ahmed's grand narrative of Ethiopianism, which attempts to rebuild the so-called great ancient Ethiopia...

  Asafa Jalata, PhD The Oromo nation shares history, culture,  identity, collective grievances, and political aspirations. As one of the largest nations in the Ethiopian Empire, Africa, and the world, that...

    Abstract The paper explains how Oromo leadership and organizational deficits, and the low and uneven development of Oromummaa or Oromo nationalism, have delayed the mobilization of a substantial number of...

By Asebe Regassa The political crises in Ethiopia are rooted in competing visions of state, identity, and citizenship. It is ingrained in the political contradictions between a colonial and a...

Book review Asafa Jalata. Baro Tumsa: The Principal Architect of the Oromo Liberation Front. Palgrave Macmillan, Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland, 2024, pp. 289. Price $115. Format: Hard Copy Baro...

Jalqabbee Seenaa ABO fi Qabsoo Oromoo (The Beginning of the History of the OLF and the Oromo Struggle) is a powerful and detailed first-hand account of the Oromo Liberation Front’s (OLF)...

For decades, a fundamental question has shaped Oromo political discourse: Can the Ethiopian state be reformed from within, or must it be dismantled and replaced altogether? The stories of four influential Oromo...

Ethiopia’s Old Games, New Graves: The People Bleed While Powers Play Worku Burayu (PhD) Preface: A Call to Conscience This article is a moral plea that highlights the profound suffering...

On June 5, 2025, the Caucus of ten Ethiopian Opposition Parties issued a bold and timely statement denouncing the legal and political decay eroding Ethiopia’s so-called democratic foundations, structures that exist...