The Oromo Gada system is a system of generational classes that succeed each other every eight years in assuming political, military, judicial, legislative and ritual responsibilities. Each one of the ...

Last week it was a joyful week for all Ethiopians because the indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo people, Gada System, has been inscribed in UNESCO's top world heritage list. The ...

When you talk to men and women from the Oromo tribe of Ethiopia who have fled persecution there to live in Minnesota as refugees, the conversation often takes a surprising turn. Lencho Bati, who lives ...

The celebrations begin with the building of the Damera bonfire at Maskel Square in Addis Ababa – a conical pyre of poles surrounded by bundles of branches and torches decorated with green grass.