Recommended Books on Oromo Studies
A curated list of scholarly publications in the field of Oromo studies, many authored by OSA members and scholars.
History
Reminiscences of My Life
Religion
The Politics of God in East Africa: Oromo Ritual and Religion
Culture
Being Oromo in Kenya
History
The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300–1700
History
The Oromo of Ethiopia: A History 1570–1860
Politics
Decision Under the Shade: Political and Juridical Processes Among the Oromo Borana
Culture
Being and Becoming Oromo: Historical and Anthropological Enquiries
History
Urban Growth in Ethiopia, 1887–1974
Diaspora
Addis Ababa: Migration and the Making of a Multi-Ethnic Metropolis 1941–1974
Culture
Contours of the Emergent and Ancient Oromo Nation
Diaspora
The Making of the Oromo Diaspora: A Historical Sociology of Forced Migration
Diaspora
Flight: Causes of Mass Exodus from Ethiopia and Problems of Integration in the Sudan
Human Rights
Oromtitti: The Forgotten Women in Ethiopian History
History
An Ancient People: Great African Nation, The Oromo
2005
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Human Rights
Human Rights and Public Health: Root Causes of Social Problems in Oromia
Human Rights
The United States and Ethiopia: The Tragedy of Human Rights
Human Rights
Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS and Gender Perspectives in East Africa
History
The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Darfur, Oromia, and the Tana Delta
History
Integration and Peace in East Africa: A History of the Oromo Nation
Language
Comprehensive Oromo-English Dictionary (COED)
Language
Oromo-English Dictionary
History
Leaf of Allah: Khat & Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia
Politics
Contested Terrain: Essays on Oromo Studies, Ethiopianist Discourses
Politics
Conquest and Resistance in the Ethiopian Empire, 1880–1974: The Case of the Arsi Oromo
Politics
Ethiopia: Competing Ethnic Nationalism and the Quest for Democracy
Religion
Evangelical Faith Movement in Ethiopia: Origins of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church
Human Rights
Prison of Conscience, Upper Compound Maa'ikalawii: Ethiopian Terror Prison
Politics
Invention of Ethiopia: The Making of a Dependent Colonial State in Northeast Africa
Politics
The Oromo Movement and Imperial Politics: Ideology and Culture in Oromia and Ethiopia
Politics
Contending Nationalisms of Oromia and Ethiopia: Struggling for Statehood, Sovereignty, and Multinational Democracy
Culture
Oromummaa: Oromo Culture, Identity and Nationalism
Politics
Oromia & Ethiopia: State Formation and Ethnonational Conflict, 1868–1992
Politics
The Horn of Africa as a Common Homeland
Politics
The Ethiopian State at the Crossroads: Decolonization & Democratization or Disintegration?
Politics
Gadaa: Democratic Institutions of the Boorana-Oromo
Politics
Oromo Democracy: An Indigenous African Political System
Culture
Sacred Knowledge of the Oromo of the Horn of Africa
History
Children of Hope: The Odyssey of the Oromo Slaves from Ethiopia to South Africa
Language
Oromo Wisdom Literature, Vol. I & II: Songs Collection and Analysis
History
The Political Economy of an African Society in Transformation: The Case of Macca Oromo
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