Wollo Oromo people information

The Wollo Oromo people are an Oromo subgroup inhabiting the historic Wollo Province of northern Ethiopia. The Wollo Oromo speak an Oromo dialect. However...

The Oromo people (pron. /ˈɒrəmoʊ/ ORR-əm-oh Oromo: Oromoo) are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of Northern Kenya...

end, he held the dying Yohannes in his arms. Ras Mikael also led the Wollo Oromo cavalry during the Battle of Adwa fighting together with Menelik II,...

The Oromo expansions, also known as the Oromo migrations or the Oromo invasions (in older historiography, Galla invasions), were a series of expansions...

incorporated into Wollo. Today's Wollo was long the center of Ethiopia (half under Agew/Zagwe and half under the Amhara/Solomonic leadership). The people of Amhara...

The Oromo Democratic Party (Oromo: Paartii Demokraatawaa Oromoo, ODP), formerly called the Oromo People's Democratic Organization, was a political party...

The Oromo people of East Africa are divided into two major branches: the Borana Oromo and Barento Oromo. These two major groups are in turn subdivided...

Since the 1990s, the Amhara people of Ethiopia have been subject to ethnic violence, including massacres by Tigrayan, Oromo and Gumuz ethnic groups among...

by the Sultan Muhammad ibn Nasir. The late sixteenth century saw the Oromo people penetrate portions of Ethiopia and Somalia, expansively invading upward...

ዐም (ʿam, "people") and ሐራ (ḥara, "free" or "soldier"). "Amhara" was historically a medieval province located in the modern province of Wollo (Bete Amhara)...

governing the empire. As a result of their expansions, the Oromo settled in modern day Wollo and established dynasties, two of the most notable ones being...

neighbor the Afar and Argobba people. It is believed the extinct Harla ethnicity were assimilated into Karrayyu Oromo in eastern Shewa. The Karrayyu...

from two dominant ethnic groups, many Argobba speak either Amharic or Oromo in Wollo Province; however, those who self-identify as originally Argobba are...

Ituu (Oromo: Ituu Carcar) is one of the clans of the Oromo people. This group lives dominantly in the present-day West Hararghe Zone. The correct term...

daughter of the Wollo Oromo chief Aba Jiffar Gamcho and his Sodo Kistane Gurage wife Wolete-Giorgis, who later became a nun. Many neighboring Oromo tribes were...

northern expansion of Oromos, and thus began the assimilation of conquered populations, such as the Warjih. Many Warjih people still keep their ethnic...

Agaw, Amharics, Tigrayans and the Oromo. Mentewab's attempt to strengthen ties between the monarchy and the Oromo of Wollo by arranging the marriage of her...

in response to pressure from the Oromo Liberation Front, which was actively agitating for autonomy for Wollo Oromo during late 1991 and early 1992. Four...

ordinary people, most notably the Raya and Azebo Oromo were subjected to wholesale land alienation, and much of their territories transferred to Wollo. The...

አሪቲ ገላ ሆምሌ ሎሚ ትንፋሽ። Wollo Province Tadesse Misganaw (2021). "Bête Amhara: The pre-Oromo Religious and Political Landscape of Wollo" (PDF). Journal of Afroasiatic...

the Wollo to the north, the intrigues of his second wife Befana to replace him with her choice of ruler, military failures against the Arsi Oromo to the...

militarized situations were present in four towns of the North Gondar, North Wollo and North Shewa zones. Further escalation erupted on 1 August between Fano...

of killing an Oromo civilian in Ataye, saying: "Amhara Militia used OLF-Shane as a pretext to commit war crime on Oromo farmers in Wollo for the three...

illiberal. Although some sources state that late during his administration the Oromo language was banned from education, public speaking and use in administration...