Baro Tumsa: The Principal Architect of the Oromo Liberation Front

AvAsafa Jalata

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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This book identifies and examines the role of Baro Tumsa in clandestinely bringing together a few Oromo nationalists of diverse backgrounds from all over Oromia, the Oromo country, to establish the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) between the late 1960s and the mid- 1970s in Oromia and Ethiopia.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-09-17
Mått:148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt:513 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:289
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031596865

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Asafa Jalata is the Betty Lynn Hendrickson Professor and Professor of Sociology and Global and Africana Studies at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. As a leading social scientist in the fields of indigenous and human rights investigations, critical race studies, Africana and global studies, and nationalism and terrorism studies, Professor Jalata has engaged in studying and explaining the chains of cultural, historical, and political-economic forces of the capitalist world system that have shaped racial inequality, development, underdevelopment, terrorism, and social movements on local, regional, and global levels. He is a worldwide renowned scholar in Oromo studies and these fields. Professor Jalata has published and edited fifteen books, eighteen book chapters, eight dozen refereed articles in national, regional, and global refereed journals, and several public journal articles.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Theory of Quality Leadership.- Chapter 3: Baro and Gudina Tumsa: From Early Life to Adulthood.- Chapter 4: College Life and Political Involvement.- Chapter 5: Baro Tumsa’s Involvement with the MTA and Political Activism.- Chapter 6: Professionalism, Political Activism, and Networking.- Chapter 7: Baro and the Founding of the OLF.- Chapter 8: Political Opportunities, Challenges, and the Survival of OLF.- Chapter 9: The OLF: Baro’s Legacy, Long Journey, Achievements,and Resilience.