Oromo people
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The Oromo people are a Cushitic ethnic group native to the Oromia region of Ethiopia and parts of northern Kenya. They speak the Oromo language, which is part of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic
Oromo people in folk costume at Irreechaa festival, 2015
Illustration of Oromo tree veneration ceremony by Guglielmo Massaia in the nineteenth century
Typical Oromo cuisine
Oromo Cultural Food
Oromo expansion
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The Oromo expansions or the Oromo invasions, were a series of expansions and conquests in the 16th and 17th centuries by the Oromo primarily documented by the Gamo monk Bahrey, but also mentioned in o
Oromo people
…people, or 35.8% of the total Ethiopian population estimated at 116,000,000. The Oromo were originally nomadic, pastoralist people who later would conquer large swaths of land during their expansions. After the settlement, they would establish kingdoms in the Gibe regions and assimilating the natives. The Oromo people traditionally used the gadaa…
The Borana on the left (expanded westward), the Barento on the right (expanded eastward), and the Luba in the middle (elders, rulers, or sorcerers).
Oromo territory on the eve of the Oromo invasions, located south of present-day Ethiopia
Harar city fortifications originally erected in the sixteenth century following the Oromo invasions