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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.

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.

• 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.