
Books
Recommended Books on Oromo Studies
*OSA Scholars
Abraham, Emmanuel. Reminiscences of My Life. Oslo, Norway: Lunde Forlog (1995).
Aguilar, Mario.* The Politics of God in East Africa: Oromo Ritual and Religion. Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea Press (2009).
_____. Being Oromo in Kenya. Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea Press (1998).
Ali, Mohammed Hassen.* The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700 (Eastern Africa Series). James Currey (May 19, 2017).
. The Oromo of Ethiopia: A History 1570-1860 (African Studies, Series Number 66) 1st ed. Cambridge University Press (1990); 2nd ed. Red Sea Press (1990).
Bassi, Marco.* Decision Under the Shade: Political and Juridical Processes Among the Oromo Borana. translated by Cynthia Salvadori. Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press (2005).
Baxter, P.T.W., Truilzi (eds). Alessandro, et. al. Being and Becoming Oromo: Historical and Anthropological Enquiries. Nordic Africa Institute (1996).
Benti, Getahun.* Urban Growth in Ethiopia, 1887-1974: From the Foundation of Finfinnee to the Demise of the First Imperial Era. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books (2017).
_____. Addis Ababa Migration and the Making of a Multi-Ethnic Metropolis 1941-1974. Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Africa World Press. Trenton, NJ (2007).
Boroo, Kumsaa. Jiruu fi Jireenya/Life and Times (in English). Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea Press (2009).
Bulcha, Mekuria.* Contours of the Emergent and Ancient Oromo Nation: dilemmas in the Ethiopian politics of state and nation-building. 1st Ed. Cape Town: Center for Advanced Studies of African Societies, (2011); 2nd Ed. (2016).
_____. The Making of the Oromo Diaspora: A Historical Sociology of Forced Migration. Kirk House Publishers: Minneapolis, MN, USA (2002).
_____. Flight: Causes of mass exodus from Ethiopia and problems of integration in the Sudan and Integration Paperback. Uppsala (1988).
_____. Refugees and Development in Africa: notes from an on-going research project. Uppsala: Scandinavian Institute of African Studies (1983).
Bulatovich, Alexander. Ethiopia through Russian Eyes: Country in Transition, 1896-1898. Trans
by Richard Seltzer. Lawrenceville: The Red Sea Press (2000).
Deressa, Beleltech.* Oromtitti: the Forgotten Women in Ethiopian History. Ivy House Publishing Group (2003).
De Salviac, Martial. An Ancient People: Great African Nation, The Oromo. Translated by from French Ayalew Kanno (2005).
Dibaba, Asafa. The Hug (Resistance Peotry). Bllomington: University of Indian Press (2011).
Dugassa, Begna.* Human Rights and Public Health: Toward Understanding the Root Causes of Social Problems in the Oromia Regional State, in Ethiopia. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing; Illustrated edition (September 5, 2014).
Ejjetaa, Jabeessaa (Balaambaraas). Seena Uummata Oromoo: Hundee irraa Hanga Armaatti. Finfinnee: Commercial Printing Press (1995)
Elemo, Ibrahim.* The Roles of Traditional Institutions Among The Borana Oromoo, Southern Ethiopia: Contemporary Issues in Borana & The 38th Gumii Gaayoo Assembly New ((incomplete information).
_____. Reproductive Health, HIV/AIDS and Gender Perspectives in East Africa: Understanding the Oromo Culture. VDM Verlag (2009).
Elemo, Kadiro Amae.* The United States and Ethiopia: The Tragedy of Human rights. The East African Press (2013).
Etefa, Tsega.* The Origins of Ethnic Conflict in Africa: Politics and Violence in Darfur, Oromia, and the Tana Delta (African Histories and Modernities). Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2019 edition (2019).
_____. Integration and Peace in East Africa: A History of the Oromo Nation. Palgrave Macmillan; 1st ed. 2019 edition (2012).
_____. Inter-ethnic Relations on a Frontier: Matakkal Ethiopia, 1898-1991 (Aethiopistische Forschungen). Otto Harrassowitz; 1., Aufl. ed. edition (2006).
Gamta, Tilahun/Xilaahun Gamtaa.* Galmee Afaan Oromoo fi Afaan Ingilizii Barsiisu (Comprehensive Oromo English Dictionary (COED). Karrayyuu Publishing. New York (2004).
_____. Oromo-English Dictionary. Addis Ababa University Printing Press (1989).
Gebissa, Ezekiel.* Leaf of Allah: Khat & Agricultural Transformation in Harerge, Ethiopia, 1875 1991. Oxford: James Currey; Athens: Ohio University Press (2004).
_____. ed. Contested Terrain: essays on Oromo studies, Ethiopianist discourses, and politically engaged schola. Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press (2009).
Gidada, Negaso. History of the Sayyoo Oromoo of Southwestern Wallaga, Ethiopia from about 1730 to 1886. Finfinnee: Mega Printing Enterprise (2001).
Gnamo, Abbas H.* Conquest and Resistance in the Ethiopian Empire, 1880-1974: The Case of the Arsi Oromo (African Social Studies Series). Ledien and Boston: Brill Academic Publishers (2014)
Gudina, Merera.* Ethiopian Politics & My Memoir 2014: From Students’ Movement to EPRDF
_____. Ethiopia: Competing Ethnic Nationalism and the Quest for Democracy, 1960 2000. Finfinnee: Chamber Printing House (2003).
Gurmesa, Fakadu. Evangelical faith Movement in Ethiopia: origins and establishment of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church. Translated by Ezekiel Gebissa, Minneapolis, Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press (2009).
Guutama, Ibsaa.* Prison of Conscience, Upper Compound Maa’ikalawii: Ethiopian Terror Prison and Tradition. New York: Gubirmans Publishing (2003).
_____. Qooqaa Addaa Afaan Oromoo: Special Oromo Dictionary (incomplete information).
Haile, Alemayehu. Gada System: The Politics of Tulama Oromo. Finfinnee: Oromia Culture and Tourism Bureau (2009).
_____, Boshi Gonfa, et. al. History of the Oromo to the Sixteenth Century. Finfinee: Oromia Culture and Tourism Bureau (2006).
Holcomb, Bonnie and Ibsa, Sissai.* Invention of Ethiopia: The Making of Dependent Colonial State in Northeast Africa. Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press (1990).
Holcomb, Bonnie and Clay, Jason. Politics & the Ethiopian Famine: 1984-1985. Transaction Publishers; 1st edition (1987).
Hordofaa, Kabbadaa, Tasfaayee Firrisaa, et. al., Galmee Jechoota Afaan Oromoo. Finfinnee: Akkaadaamii Afaan Saboota Itoophiyaatiin, Ministeera Beeksisaafi Aadda (1996)
Jalata, Asafa. The Oromo Movement and Imperial Politics: Ideology and Culture in Oromia and Ethiopia. Lanham: Lexington Books (2020).
_____. Cultural Capital and Prospects for Democracy in Botswana and Ethiopia (African Governance Book 10). Routledge (2019).
_____. Phases of Terrorism in the Age of Globalization: From Christopher Columbus to Osama bin Laden. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan (2016).
_____. The Macha-Tulama Association: Its Importance in Oromo History, with Mohammed Hassen. Knoxville: UTK Printing Press. (2014)
_____, Shefner, J., et.al (eds). Social Justice and the University: Globalization, Human Rights and the Future of Democracy. Palgrave Macmillan (2014).
_____. Contending Nationalisms of Oromia and Ethiopia: Struggling for Statehood, Sovereignty, and Multinational Democracy. Binghamton, NY: Global Academic Publishers (2010).
_____. Oromummaa: Oromo Culture, Identity and Nationalism. Atlanta, GA: Oromia Publishing Company (2007).
_____. Perry Kyles and Addisu Tolesa (eds). Africa up to the Sixteenth Century: Introduction to African Studies 235. Boston: Pearson (n.d.)(2007).
_____. Perry Kyles and Addisu Tolesa (eds). Africa since the Sixteenth Century: Introduction to African Studies 236. Boston: Pearson (n.d.)(2007).
_____. (ed). State Crises, Globalization, and National Movements in Northeast Africa. London; New York: Routledge (2004).
_____. Fighting Against the Injustice of the State and Globalization: Comparing the African American and Oromo Movements. New York: Palgrave (2001).
_____. ed. Oromo Nationalism and the Ethiopian Discourse: The Search for Freedom & Democracy. Trenton, NJ: The Red Sea Press (1998).
_____. Oromia & Ethiopia: State Formation and Ethnonational Conflict, 1868-1992. Boulder and London: Lynne Rienner Publishers (1993); second ed. Trenton, NJ: Red Sea Press, (2005).
Lata, Leenco. The Horn of Africa as a Common Homeland: The Sate and Self Determination in the Era of Heightened Globalization. Wilfrid Laurier University Press (2010)
_____. The Ethiopian State at the Crossroads: Decolonization & Democratization or Disintegration? Tretnton, NJ: The Red Sea Press (1999).
Legesse, Asmarom. Gadaa: Democratic Institutions of the Boorana-Oromo
Legesse, Asmarom. Oromo Democracy: An Indigenous African Political System. Trenton, NJ: Read Sea Press (2000).
Megerssa, Gemetchu and Aneesa Kassam Sacred Knowledge of the Oromo of the Horn of Africa
Melbaa, Gadaa (Taddesse Fido Ebba). Oromia: An Introduction. Khartoum, Sudan (1988).
Oba, Gufu, Kenyan Frontier, Nomads in the Shadows of Empires: Contests, Conflicts and Legacies on the Southern Ethiopian-Northern
Shell, Sandra Rowoldt. Children of Hope: The Odyssey of the Oromo Slaves from Ethiopia to South Africa. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press (2019).
Sumner, Claude. Oromo Wisdom Literature, Volume II Songs Collection and Analysis. Finfinnee: Central Printing Press (1997).
_____. Oromo Wisdom Literature, Volume I Songs Collection and Analysis. Finfinnee: Central Printing Press (1995).
Ta’a, Tesema. The Political Economy of an African Society in Transformation: The Case of Macca Oromo (Ethiopia). Harrassowitz (2006).
_____ and Triulzi, Alessandro (eds). YaWalagā yatārik sanadoč: ka1880woču ʼeska 1920woču (ʼE.ʼI.ʼA) / (Documents for Wallaga History : 1880s-1920s E.C. YaWalagā yatārik sanadoč: ka1880woču ʼeska 1920woču (ʼE.ʼI.ʼA) / (Documents for Wallaga History : 1880s-1920s E.C. Addis Ababa University Press (2004).