Professor Abdullahi Shongolo, a prominent scholar of history and anthropology whose research on Borana Oromo culture, customary law, and history brought international attention to the community's rich ...

Tens of thousands of Ethiopians, predominantly from the Oromo ethnic group, gathered in the capital Saturday for the vibrant Irreecha festival, a thanksgiving celebration that this year underscored a ...

Unable to hold Oromo Night in February like usual due to COVID-19, the Oromo Student Union (OSU) board had to adjust plans for their annual cultural celebration upon its approval in March. Their ...

In a society, gender ideology is created and reflected in multiple ways. Among the myriad ways, language and culture play great role in creating and reflecting gendered culture in a society. This ...

OCIM estimates up to 40,000 Oromo people living in Minnesota, but the state demographer’s office puts that number closer to 8,500. Abdissa Loke is tired of being mistaken for Somali. Loke and ...

Addis Ababa — Oromia State Chief Abbadula Gemeda yesterday laid a cornerstone for Oromo cultural centre to be constructed here in Addis in the presence of senior Federal and State government officials ...

People light candles to spell out Hachalu Hundessa's name on a picnic table during a candlelight vigil to commemorate the Oromo musician and activist in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on Thursday. At ...

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 ...

Feyisa Lilesa posing with a Minnesota resident at Friday's event. When Feyisa Lilesa, a medal-winning Olympic runner from Ethiopia, visited Minnesota last weekend, most of the state didn’t notice.

Afan Oromo, a native language of Ethiopia, is being taught at Stanford for the first time this fall as a part of the Stanford Language Center’s African and Middle Eastern Languages Program (AMELANG) ...