The Legacy Written in Blood and Bone: Three Historical Moments When Oromos Refused to Be Divided by Religion

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When the executioners thought faith could split them, they chose the same name: Oromo. In Oromo collective memory, three moments spanning half a century—from 1966 to 2016—are repeatedly told, sung, and etched into stone. They occurred in different eras, different places, with participants from different generations. Yet their inner logic is strikingly identical: whenever external […]