>>) Subsisting entirely by plunder, the cultivation of their high cold hills is but little attended (257) ( )

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1 : Sahlesilase has never attempted an expedition I person against these war hawks nestled in the lap of the mountains who fight stark naked and are besmeared with lard from head to foot. Merciless, and predatory habits, they are represented as extremely powerful in a battle and are the terror of every surrounding tribe (257) ( >>) Subsisting entirely by plunder, the cultivation of their high cold hills is but little attended (257) ( ) The Oromo of Ethiopia, the Kingdoms of kafa and Janjero Even the rest of the Oromo themselves looked up on Arsi as especially ferocious, for them to murder at the time of great festivals, is both an honor and a social necessity,though if an Arusi kills a fellow tribesman it is believed that he will get leprosy; but inter tribal murders are allowed without penalty, particularly at the end of each Luba period. Before setting out to commit a murder for honor>> the Arusi drinks large quantities of blood, which produces a condition of frenzy. Since the murder nearly always a cowardly one, they hide and kill unsuspecting wayfarers, emasculating them and taking home the genitals a trophy.on their return the murderers enact the scene, with cries of triumph and derisive imitation of the victim s anguish. Only after such a murder may a man wear a copper ring in his ear. When several men take part in a murder, the honor goes to him who strikes the first blow. Hence there is often much quarreling. A man who sets out before a festival to kill and returns unsuccessful is not only ridiculed, but is branded on the forehead and given a small jar of milk which he has to make into butter as a sign that he is not a man.no man could hold a position in the gadaa government unless he had killed a man or a large animal (p 64) (

2 ( ).. )??? on nationalism in Oromo culture women are woyuu (sacred) and were not the object of targeted attacks or killing during atrocious wars ( ) ( ) ( 139) The Abyssinian women witness of a complete disaster threw their children into the abyss and threw themselves down. The Oromo arriving unexpectedly threw down those that remained ( ) ( 62) in recent subjugation of the Oromo by the Abyssinians,the most violent fighters in the ranks of the Abyssinians were themselves Oromo. (

3 ( )?? (The dreadful annihilation of more than half of the population during the conquest took away from the Galla all the possibility of thinking about any sort of uprising.) <<massacre>>( ) (5 ) (The Ethiopian government massacred half of the oromo population (5 million) and their leadership during its colonial expansion according to Alexander Bulaovichi ) 96 (The sky itself was against the Oromo, and conjured elements, famine caused by long drought,small pox, epizootic disease which deprived the inhabitants of milk and meat all cut down their ranks to eye sight.) But the Arsi of the south rarely have common cause with their brothers of the North.The epidemics swept the population and suffocated all start of powerful coalition. annihilation>>

4 (From the white man the Indians quickly picked up facets of Christianity, liquor and the lethal and infectious smallpox virus.) ( )?? (The dreadful annihilation of more than half of the population during the conquest took away from the Galla all the possibility of thinking about any sort of uprising.) <<massacre>>( ) (5 ) (The Ethiopian government massacred half of the oromo population (5 million) and their leadership during its colonial expansion according to Alexander Bulaovichi ) 96 (The sky itself was against the Oromo, and conjured elements, famine caused by long drought,small pox, epizootic disease which deprived the inhabitants of milk and meat all cut down their ranks to eye sight.)

5 But the Arsi of the south rarely have common cause with their brothers of the North.The epidemics swept the population and suffocated all start of powerful coalition. annihilation>> (From the white man the Indians quickly picked up facets of Christianity, liquor and the lethal and infectious smallpox virus.) Harris W.C; The highlands of Ethiopia vol3 Alexander Bulatovich; Ethiopia through Russion Eyes, trans by Richard Seltzer Martial de saliviac; the Ancient people Great African Nation; translated from French by Ayalew Kanno G.W,B Huntingford; The Oromo of Ethiopia, the Kingdoms of kafa and Janjero Martial de Salviac,The Oromo H.L.Ingle,American History M.Vanderheym,Une expédition avec le négous Ménélik; vingt mois en Abyssin Borelli J, Ethiopie Meridionale Ethiomedia.com June 22, 2014