The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: 1300-1700 (Eastern Africa Series)

This revisionary account of the Oromo people and the Christian kingdom of Ethiopia transforms our perception of the country's development, rebutting the common depiction of the Oromo as no more than a destructive force and demonstrating their significant role in shaping the course of Ethiopian history. Tracing the early history of the Oromo as part of the Cushitic language speaking family of peoples, it establishes that they were neither foreigners nor newcomers to Ethiopia, but have been an integral part of the indigenous population since at least the first half of the 14th century. The massive 16th-century pastoral Oromo population movement revolutionized relations between the Christians and the Oromo. During the long process of assimilation that followed, with periods of both war and peace in central and southern Ethiopia, Oromo society was able to absorb and assimilate Cushitic and Semitic language speakers and Oromize them through the open, democratic and egalitarian Gada/ system; while in northern Ethiopia the Oromo themselves were absorbed into Christian Amhara society.

• The Oromo of Ethiopia: A History 1570-1860
• Haile Fida ena YeGille Tizita (My Reminiscences of Haile Fida): A moving account of the life and death of an Ethiopian revolutionary who perished at ... untold story of Haile Fida. (Amharic Edition)
• Yeabba Bahriy Dirsetoch: oromochin kemmimmelekketu leloch senedoch gara (Amharic Edition)
• A History of Ethiopia Updated Edition
• Futuh Al-Habasha: The Conquest of Abyssinia (Futuh Al-habasa)
• A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855–1991: Second Edition (Eastern African Studies)
• The Glory of the Amhara (2nd edition): A Pillar of our Identity (Amharic Edition)
• Ethiopia: The Last Two Frontiers (Eastern Africa Series)
• The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire
• Afan Oromo: A Guide to Speaking the Language of Oromo People in Ethiopia