Two eras — strength and memory of the Oromo nation. | Oromia-My Country

History of the Rayya Oromo Those in northern Ethiopia who used to write history mainly tried to erase Oromo history and deny the Oromo their indigeneity, rather than focusing on historical truth. Beyond distorting and destroying Oromo history, they even took some Oromo groups and completely portrayed them as if they were not Oromo, attempting to relocate them into other identities. Among the Oromo who suffered from such historical distortion are the Yajju and the Rayya. Regarding the Yajju Oromo

In Remembering Its Map In remembering its map, the Oromo nation remembers itself— not lines drawn in ink, but paths worn by feet, by cattle bells at dawn, by councils beneath the Odaa’s shade. This is a map of voices, where names are rivers and rivers are memories, flowing from Wallagga to Wollo, from Borana plains to Bale’s high breath, each current speaking the same origin. The Odaa stands at the center, not as a monument of stone, but as a living law— roots deep in justice, branches wide with