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Oromo and who
In the general view of Oromo people's role in Ethiopia, Ras Gobana Dacche is a famous Oromo figure who led the development of modern Ethiopia and the political and miliatary incorporation of more territories into Ethiopian borders.
Another famous leader of Ethiopia with Oromo descent was Ras Makonnen Woldemikael Gudessa, the governor of Harar who served as the top general in the First Italo – Ethiopian War, playing a key role at the Battle of Adwa.
**** Tulama Oromo, who live in the Oromia Region around Addis Ababa
*** The Guji Oromo, who are inhabiting the southern part of Oromia, neighboring the Borana Guttuu and the Sidama People.
* The Borana Oromo, also known as Boraan Guttuu, who live in the Borena Zone, which includes Moyale.
* The Gabra Oromo, who live in north Kenya along the Moyale border region
* The Marawa Oromo, who live in the Western part of the Harargee zone.
** Dagaa Oromo, who live in and east of Dire Dawa, north of Harar, and as far as the northeastern corner of the Oromia Region
*** Huumee Oromo, who live between Laaftoo and Faafam rivers-the capital is Fuunyaan biiraa Gursum
**** Akichu Oromo, Also go by the name Akisho, who have been assimilated into the neighboring Somalis
** Arsi Oromo, who primarily live in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region ( which is named for them ) as well as the Bale Zone
* The Humbannaa Oromo, who live south of the Ittu and west of the Erer River ;
Historically, some people among the northern Amhara community used the label " Galla " derogatorily to label Oromos as well as to label Shewan or southern Amharas who were mostly mixed with Oromo.
Often in the past, some Oromo communities used Galla to label themselves, as was exemplified by western Oromo leaders who established the " Western Galla Confederation " in the 1930s.
Lij Iyasu left the capital after little more than a month, and during this time engaged in a raid upon the Afar, who had reportedly massacred 300 of the Karayu Oromo at the village of Sadimalka on the Awash River.
In the 16th century, Shewa and the rest of Christian Abyssinia were conquered by the forces of Ahmed Al-Ghazi of Adal, and Shewa came under Muslim rule once again ; the region then came under pressure from the Oromo, who succeeded during the first decades of the next century in settling the areas around Shewa ( which were renamed Welega, Arsi and Wollo ).
Both the Zone and the former province are named after a subgroup of the Oromo, who inhabit both.
After eight days they crossed the river, entering the country of the Arsi Oromo, who proved hostile to Bottego.
However the north and northeastern expansion of the Oromo, who practiced mainstream traditional Waaqa, affected the growth of Islam in its early days.
The name of the town is said to have been taken from an Oromo Queen, Anko, who ruled the town during the reign of Qedami Qal.
A temporary reoccupation likely occurred by the nomadic Oromo tribe from Somalia in the late 16th century, who later abandoned the town.
However, the territory eventually became the possession of the Oromo people, who had begun settling there as early as the Mudana gadaa ( 1530-1538 ).

Oromo and are
The Oromo (, " The Powerful ";,Oromo ) are an ethnic group found in Ethiopia, northern Kenya, and parts of Somalia.
While further research is needed to precisely comprehend their origins, the Oromo are believed to have originally adhered to a pastoralist / nomadic and / or semi-agriculturalist lifestyle.
Historical maps of the ancient Aksum / Abyssinian Empire and Adal / Somali empires indicate that Oromo people are newcomers to most of modern-day central Ethiopia.
Both these Ethiopian Emperors are ethnically mixed, with Oromo parents and lineages.
The Oromo people are the largest ethnic grouping in Ethiopia, which has a total of 74 ethnically diverse language groups.
The Oromo are divided into two major branches that break down into an assortment of clan families.
The Borana Oromo, also called the Boran, are a pastoralist group living in southern Ethiopia ( Oromia ) and northern Kenya.
The Oromo are divided into two major branches that break down into an assortment of clan families.
* January 17 – Emperor Susenyos of Ethiopia defeats an Oromo army at Ebenat ; 12, 000 Oromo are reportedly killed at a cost of 400 Amhara.
Dreadlocks are associated most closely with the Rastafari movement, but people from many ethnic groups in history before them have worn dreadlocks, including many ancient Semitic and Indo-Aryan peoples of the Near East and Asia Minor, Sadhus of Nepal, India and the Sufi Rafaees, the Māori people of New Zealand, the Maasai and the Oromo of Ethiopia, and the Sufi malangs and fakirs of Pakistan, and medieval Irish Warriors.
" Pancakes " in the Horn of Africa region ( Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia ) are known as injera ( sometimes transliterated enjera ; Oromo: budenaa ; Somali: canjeero ).
Forms of Oromo are spoken as a first language by more than 25 million Oromo and neighbouring peoples in Ethiopia and parts of northern Kenya.
Some linguists think of Oromo as a dialect continuum, since not all varieties are mutually intelligible.
Afan Oromo and Qubee are currently utilized by the Ethiopian government's state radios, TV stations and regional government newspaper.
Like most other Ethiopian languages, whether Semitic, Cushitic, or Omotic, Oromo has a set of ejective consonants, that is, voiceless stops or affricates that are accompanied by glottalization and an explosive burst of air.
The Afar are Eastern Cushite people, and have a similar language and culture to the Somali and Oromo.
Its nearest relatives are Afar and Oromo.
It is a member of the Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family, and its nearest relatives are the Afar and Oromo languages.

Oromo and group
The Borana Oromo of southern Ethiopia in the Horn of Africa also have a class system, where the Watta, an acculturated Bantu group, represent the poorest class.
* 1782 – Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
" In terms of descent, the group that became politically dominant in Shewa – and Subsequently in Ethiopia – was a mixture of Amhara and Oromo ; in terms of language, religion and cultural practices, it was Amhara.
* March 14 – Battle of Wuchale: Emperor Tekle Giyorgis pacifies a group of Oromo near Wuchale.
Derartu ( ዳራርቱ ቱሉ ), a member of the Oromo ethnic group, grew up tending cattle in the village of Bekoji in the highlands of Arsi Province.
* Oromo Liberation Front, a separatist group in Ethiopia
Islam is the religion of the overwhelming majority of the Somali, Afar, Argobba and Harari, and the largest group of the Oromo peoples of Ethiopia according to the 1994 national census.
Upon learning in 1994 that a local group of Amhara had formed a group called Galla-geday (" Oromo killers "), the local people voiced their objection to this group, and demanded its dissolution.
The Bale Mountains are the true ancestral home of the Oromo, the largest single ethnic group in the Horn of Africa.
The Borana Oromo, also called the Boran, are a pastoralist ethnic group living in southern Ethiopia ( Oromia ) and northern Kenya.
Just prior to his accession in 1606, Susenyos I made his way to the lake Hayk area, where he expelled a group of Oromo who had infiltrated into the vicinity of Istifanos Monastery.
She is a member of the Oromo ethnic group from the high-altitude Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region.
Abba Seru Gwangul ( died 1778 ) was a chieftain of the Yejju Oromo, an ethnic group of Ethiopia.
OFDM Secretary General Bekele Jirata was arrested November 2008, along with at least 14 other ethnic Oromo for alleged ties to the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front and a previously unknown armed group, Kawerj, connections which were denied by the OFDM.

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