Addis Abeba — Over recent years, attending numerous Oromo cultural celebrations - ranging from weddings to life celebrations - I've observed a striking phenomenon: Diaspora Oromos from diverse faith ...
We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against ...
(MENAFN- The Conversation) Anyone who steps into the public sphere in Ethiopia is also a potential political leader. In this atmosphere, an outspoken musician runs a high risk of falling foul of the ...
Alison Phipps receives funding from UKRI and Europe. She is affiliated with Scottish Government as Convener of the New Scots Refugee Integration Strategy and with UNESCO, as UNESCO Chair. We are in ...
Senior research and teaching fellow, Department of Geography, University of Zurich Music has played a key role in the Oromo resistance movement. As is the case in many other societies – especially ...
"Everyday I walk in this city, I know I walk alongside death," singer Hachalu Hundessa said just days before he was shot dead in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 28 June. We hear how the 34-year ...
While journalists and bloggers remain the primary targets of state repression in Ethiopia, musicians that don't jive with state propaganda also take the heat. Two other Oromo singers, who asked to ...
The Oromo are the largest ethno-national group in Ethiopia, accounting for over 40 million people or more than one-third of the population. However, they have been politically oppressed, economically ...
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