Old Issues
The following is a list of the main articles published by The Oromo Commentary between the years 1991 – 1999. Some of these articles can be downloaded free of charge while others are for purches only.
Volume I (1), 1991
1. Problems of Democratic Transition in Post Dergue Ethiopia
by Mekuria Bulcha
2. Glasnost for the Horn Too
by Hamdesa Tuso
3. Traditional Methods of Conflict Resolution Among the Oromo
by Mohammed Hassen
4. “Invasion” or “Liberation”? Conflicting Views on the TPLF/EPRDF March into Oromoland.
by Mekuria Bulcha
by Mohamed Farah
Volume I (2), 1991
1. The Transitional Charter of Ethiopia
by Mekuria Bulcha
2. Women’s Right and the Conference on Transitional Programme in Ethiopia
by Arfaase Gamada
3. The Militarizasion of the Ethiopian State
by Mohammed Hassen
4. The Demise of Mythical Ethiopia
by Hamdesa Tuso
5. Oromo: The Ethiopian Dilemma
by Teferi Fufa
by Maria Bongartz
7. The External Relations of National Islamic Front of the Sudan
by I. S. El Hassan
Volume II (1), 1992
1. History and Political Culture vs. Ethiopia Territoral Integrity
by Mekuria Bulcha
2. Two Freedom Movements Compared: The Case of Oromo and African Americans
by Asafa Jalata
by Bichaka Fayissa
4. The Ethnic Factor in the national Politics of Djibouti
by Abdallah Adou
by Jimma Tufa
Volume II (2), 1992
1. Sailing against the Winds of Change: EPRDF Politics
by Mekuria Bulcha
2. The Road to Bilisummaa and Socio-Economic Development: Prospect and Challenges of Orimo Self Determination
by Mekuria Bulcha
3. Liberation: Transition of the Rule of Law
by Sisai Ibssa
4. Attack on the Scholarship on the Oromo
by Mohammed Hassen
5. Ethiopia’s History and Political Experience: Let the People Speak for Themselves
by Admasu Shunkuri
6. Ethiopia 1992: Human Rights Records
by Mekuria Bulcha
Volume III (1), 1993
1. Ethiopia: Atempts to Democracy Aborted: An OC interview with Galasa Dilbo
2. Language, Ethnic Identity and Nationalism in Ethiopia: Part One
by Mekuria Bulcha
3. Reasons for Choosing the Latin Script for Developing an Oromo Alphabet
by Tilahun Gamta
4. The Last Ethiopianist Against the Emerging Oromo Reality: A Response to Harold Marcus
by Sisai Ibssa
5. The Bankruptcy of Donald Levine’s Greater Ethiopian Thesis
by Alemayehu Birru
Volume III (2), 1993
1. Language, Ethnic Identity and Nationalism in Ethiopia: Part Two
by Mekuria Bulcha
2. A Glance at Oromo Arts and Literature
by Kifle Djote
3. Some Aspects of Oromo History that has been Misunderstood
by Mohammed Hassen
Volume IV (1), 1994
1. Shiek Hussein Suura and the Oromo Struggle
by Asafa Jalata
2. Priest, Religion and Language in Ethiopia
by Mekuria Bulcha
3. Ecological Degradation In Ethiopia
by Sutuma Waaqo
4. Some Notes on Effects of Government Policies on Plant and Animal Resources of Oromia
by Taddese Ebba
5. Calling for a “Green” Concern in Ethiopia
by Dabala Olana
6. The State of Human Rights in Ethiopia
by Mekuria Bulcha
7. Current Feature and Future Prospects of Diary and Beef Production in Ethiopia
by Kano Banja
Volume IV (2), 1994
1. The Current Situation in Ethiopia: A Political Commentary
by Ibsaa Gutamaa
2. The TPLF Regime: Weekest Link in Abyssinian Rule in Oromia?
by Motummaa Debisaa
3. The Demographic Nightmare of Past and Present Rulers of Ethiopia
by Mekuria Bulcha
4. Patriotic Culture and Warfare Tradition
by Asfaw Beyene
5. Menelik’s Conquest as the Genesis of the Ethiopian Crises
by Abbas Haji
6. The Return of The Devil’s Tounge: Polemics about the Choice of the Roman Alphabet for the Oromo Language
by Thomas Zitelmann
7. In Search of a Kidnapped Mother: A Short Story
by Dhaaba Wayyeessaa
8. Machbuba: an Oromo Slave-Girl Who Won the Heart of A German Prince
by Cathrin Schmitt
Volume V (1), 1995
by L. Boonsa
2. Ethiopia: Revelations of the Imperial Ghost
by Tesfaye Alemu
3. Oromia: Building Blocks of Change
by O. Abboomaa
4. The Foundations and Development of Opressive Regimes in the Horn of Africa
by L. Boonsa
5. Expanding the Concept of Oromia: The Waso Borona Case
by Mario I. Aguilar
6. The Calamity of Recurrent Famine in Ethiopia
by Deressa Kitte
Volume VI (1), 1996
1. A Note on the New Reign of Terror in Ethiopia
by Mekuria Bulcha
2. Ethiopia: Human Tragedy in the Making
by Sue Pollock
3. Ethiopia and the Imperial Ghost
by Seyoum Y. Hameso
4. The Logic of Ethiopian Unity
by Asfaw Beyene
5. The Oromo Population and the Politics of Numbers in Ethiopia
by Feyisa Demie
6. Peace and Consensus in the Midst of War: Conflict Resolution in Boorana
by Mario I. Aguilar
7. Book Review
A River of Blessings: Essays in Honor of Paul Baxter
Edited by Davis Brokensha
by Abbas Haji
8. Some recent Publications on Oromo Culture and History
by Paul Baxter
Volume VII (1), 1997
1. U.S. State Department Report: Another Whitewash
by Sagalee Haaraa
2. How much a Mule Cracked the Ozone, and Other African Folk-Tales
by Zelealem Aberra
3. Reinventing Gada Generational Knowledge in Boorana
by Mario I. Aguilar
4. The Predicaments of Forced Migration: An Assessment of the Oromo Experience
by Mekuria Bulcha
5. The Puzzling Misconduct of the Tigrean Regime in Oromia: Do they know no shame?
by Sagalee Bosonaa
6. Resource Liberation for the Development of Oromia
by Boru I. Gammada
Volume VII (2), 1997
1. In Memory of Rev. Dr. Gunnar Hasselblatt
by Taye Teferra
2. Political Instability in the Borena Zone of Oromia: The Role of the Local Administration
By A.R. Alemayehu
3. Cross-Border Terror Between Ethiopia and Kenya
By Dido G. Kotile
4. Odaa Nabee In Oromo Oral Tradition
by I. Guutamaa
5. The Furra Legend in Sidama Traditions
by Seyoum Hameso
6. Religion, the Slave Trade and the Creation of the Ethiopian Empire
by Mekuria Bulcha
Volume VIII (1), 1999
1. The Ethio-Eritrean War: Tragedies, Benefits and Dreams
by Mekuria Bulcha
2. The Sidama Perspective on the Coalition of Colonised Nations
by Seyoum Hameso
3. The Oromo Perspective on the Coalition of Colonised Nations
by Seyoum Hameso
4. Federalism: The Nigerian Experience
by Alemayehu Kumsa
5. Politics, Profits and Human Rights
by Trevor Trueman
by Rundaassa Eshete Hunde
7. Personal Experience in an Oromo Community in the Diaspora
by Jenet H. Adem
by Teferi Fufa
9. Book Review
