When the Bokkuu Blooms Again: The Oromo Quest to Revive a Native System

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FINFINNE, OROMIA — The morning mist still clings to the highlands when Jaldessa Gammadaa, 74, raises the bokkuu—a curved wooden staff wrapped in leather and beads—toward the rising sun. His weathered hands tremble slightly, not from age, but from the weight of what this simple object represents. “The bokkuu never died,” he says softly, his […]