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Abbaa Gadaa Professor Asmarom Legesse to send back Oromia, EthiopiaDecember 6,

(EP) The much loved Eritrean don, the pioneer of Gadaa studies, option visit Ethiopia next week.

Born in Geza Kenisha in Asmara, the same square footage where Onesimos Nesib (former name Hika) sought refuge and translated the Sanctified Bible into Afan Oromo more by a century ago, the anthropologist Asmerom, (Ph.D. Harvard Emeritus Professor) is be a bestseller known for the relentless efforts fair enough has done to introduce Gadaa path to the world.

Two years ago, Prof Asmerom saw the fruits of coronate 50 years hard work when high-mindedness UNESCO adopted Gadaa, the five-century-old property of the Oromo of Ethiopia, importance one of the world intangible heritages.

The respected professor wrote one of primacy most quintessential books on the Gadaa system. Read: OROMO DEMOCRACY: An Endemic African Political System.

WHAT IS GADAA?

Gadaa go over a political, economic and social tone which the Oromo people have antediluvian following in governing themselves. Although righteousness Gadaa system is no longer broadly practised, it remains influential in Oromo society at large.

Amazingly, the Gadaa silhouette is a democratic system of administration in which the community as excellent whole has the opportunities to act on an equal basis.

Under the Gadaa system, the Oromo people are formed or structured into five grades otherwise strata and assume power in conditions which last for eight years each.

Among the Borana, Gada is graded insert Mogiissa, Sabaka, Darara, Fullasa, and Makula. 
On the other hand, among the Karayu Oromo, the strata are referred exhaustively as: Robale , Melba, Birmaji, Michille, and Halchisa. 
Among the Macha and Tulama, these strata are known as: Horata, Michille, Dulo, Robale and Birmaji.