Yejju
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The Yejju, also historically known as the Yajju, Edjow, Edjou, Leggiu are a sub-clan of the Barento branch of Oromo people. They are one of the northernmost communities of Oromo people residing in Eth
Portrait of Woodage Asahel, a Yejju Oromo elite located in Gondar.
Ras Ali II of Yejju, the last de facto ruler of Abyssinia.
Kassa Hailu, later crowned Tewodros II, the man who ended the Zemene Mesafint.
A Yejju Oromo woman from Wollo spinning wool, 1869
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
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