Within minutes of arriving at the Oromo Exhibit Booth at the 79th Festival of Nations, I heard the question, “Where is Oromo?” more than I have in the past eight years combined. The Festival of ...

In a society, gender ideology is created and reflected in multiple ways. Among the myriad ways, language and culture play great role in creating and reflecting gendered culture in a society. This ...

Thousands have gathered in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa for the East African country’s thanksgiving festival ...

Tens of thousands of Ethiopians, predominantly from the Oromo ethnic group, gathered in the capital Saturday for the vibrant Irreecha festival, a thanksgiving celebration that this year underscored a ...

Men, women, the elderly and the young all join in, adorned in eye-catching clothes and jewellery. They sing, dance, share ...

October 5, 2006 — On the first week of October every year, there is an Oromo thanks-giving festival called ‘Irreechaa’. Hundreds of thousands of Oromos and friends of Oromo come together from all over ...

A new group dedicated to raising awareness of human rights violations in Ethiopia against the Oromo — an Ethiopian ethnic minority with a significant Minnesota presence — held its first event Sunday ...

Late last month, the Ethiopian entrepreneur and TikTok influencer Mensur Jemal arrived in town on business. With more than a million and a half followers, he’s well-known to expat Ethiopians, ...