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==History==
==History==
Arsi Oromo state an intermarriage took place between their ancestors and previous inhabitants of the [[Arsi Province]], [[Harari people|Harari]] (Adere) whom they call the [[Hadiya people|Hadiya]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Braukaemper |first1=Ulrich |title=A history of the Hadiya in Southern Ethiopia |publisher=Universite Hamburg |page=9 |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/358972580/Braukaemper-a-History-of-the-Hadiyya-in-So-9783447192644}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Braukamper |first1=Ulrich |title=Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essay |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=HGnyk8Pg9NgC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=the+genealogical+traditions+in+arsi+repor+a+marriage+between+the+oromo#v=onepage&q=the%20genealogical%20traditions%20in%20arsi%20repor%20a%20marriage%20between%20the%20oromo&f=false}}</ref> Hadiya clans claim their forefathers were Harari however they later became influenced by [[Sidama]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Ethno-History of Halaba People |publisher=Southern Nations state |page=164 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705150911/http://www.southtourismeth.org/pdf/Books-and-Study-lists/The-ethno-history-of-halaba-people.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fargher |first1=Brian |title=The Origins of the New Churches Movement in Southern Ethiopia: 1927 - 1944 |publisher=BRILL |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=jWLOtldQzOEC&pg=PA34&dq=hadiya+sidama#v=onepage&q=hadiya%20sidama&f=false}}</ref>
Arsi Oromo state an intermarriage took place between their ancestors and previous inhabitants of the [[Arsi Province]], Adere ([[Harari people|Harari]]) whom they call the [[Hadiya people|Hadiya]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Braukaemper |first1=Ulrich |title=A history of the Hadiya in Southern Ethiopia |publisher=Universite Hamburg |page=9 |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/358972580/Braukaemper-a-History-of-the-Hadiyya-in-So-9783447192644}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Braukamper |first1=Ulrich |title=Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essay |publisher=LIT Verlag Münster |page=47 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=HGnyk8Pg9NgC&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=the+genealogical+traditions+in+arsi+repor+a+marriage+between+the+oromo#v=onepage&q=the%20genealogical%20traditions%20in%20arsi%20repor%20a%20marriage%20between%20the%20oromo&f=false}}</ref> Hadiya clans claim their forefathers were Harari however they later became influenced by [[Sidama]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Ethno-History of Halaba People |publisher=Southern Nations state |page=164 |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180705150911/http://www.southtourismeth.org/pdf/Books-and-Study-lists/The-ethno-history-of-halaba-people.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Fargher |first1=Brian |title=The Origins of the New Churches Movement in Southern Ethiopia: 1927 - 1944 |publisher=BRILL |page=34 |url=https://books.google.com/?id=jWLOtldQzOEC&pg=PA34&dq=hadiya+sidama#v=onepage&q=hadiya%20sidama&f=false}}</ref>


The Arsi Oromo demonstrated fierce resistance against the [[Ethiopia]]n conquest of 1881-6, when [[Menelik II]] conducted several unsuccessful invasion campaigns against their territory.<ref name="abbas">{{cite journal| author=Abbas Haji | url = http://www.oromostudies.org/josfiles/JOS%20Volume%202%20Numbers%201&2%20%281995%29.pdf | title = Arsi Oromo Political and Military Resistance Against the Shoan Colonial Conquest (1881-6) | journal=Journal of Oromo Studies | volume=II | issue=1 and 2 | format = PDF | publisher =Oromo Studies Association | accessdate = June 14, 2011 }}</ref> They put up stiff opposition against an enemy equipped with modern European firearms, until they were defeated in 1886.<ref name=abbas />
The Arsi Oromo demonstrated fierce resistance against the [[Ethiopia]]n conquest of 1881-6, when [[Menelik II]] conducted several unsuccessful invasion campaigns against their territory.<ref name="abbas">{{cite journal| author=Abbas Haji | url = http://www.oromostudies.org/josfiles/JOS%20Volume%202%20Numbers%201&2%20%281995%29.pdf | title = Arsi Oromo Political and Military Resistance Against the Shoan Colonial Conquest (1881-6) | journal=Journal of Oromo Studies | volume=II | issue=1 and 2 | format = PDF | publisher =Oromo Studies Association | accessdate = June 14, 2011 }}</ref> They put up stiff opposition against an enemy equipped with modern European firearms, until they were defeated in 1886.<ref name=abbas />

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Arsi
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia
Languages
Afan Oromo, Afan Arsi
Religion
Islam, Ethiopian Orthodox, Protestant, Oromo Religion
Related ethnic groups
Oromo

Arsi Oromo is one of the branches of the Oromo people inhabiting the Oromia Region, mainly in the Arsi, West Arsi and Bale Zones of Ethiopia, as well as in the Adami Tullu and Jido Kombolcha woreda of Misraq Shewa Zone. They claim to have descended from a single individual called Arse. The Arsi in all zones speak the same language, Oromo (which is sometimes called Afan Arsi), and share the same culture and traditions.

Culture

The Arsi have developed a concept of Arsooma which roughly translates to Arsihood. This has provided Arsi with an identity that has been passing to clans and other groupings for a long period of time.[1] The Arsi have a complex concept of clan division. The two main branches are Mandoo and Sikko. Mandoo refers to the Arsis in the Arsi and northern Bale Zones, while Sikko refers to those mainly in the Bale Zone.

History

Arsi Oromo state an intermarriage took place between their ancestors and previous inhabitants of the Arsi Province, Adere (Harari) whom they call the Hadiya.[2][3] Hadiya clans claim their forefathers were Harari however they later became influenced by Sidama.[4][5]

The Arsi Oromo demonstrated fierce resistance against the Ethiopian conquest of 1881-6, when Menelik II conducted several unsuccessful invasion campaigns against their territory.[6] They put up stiff opposition against an enemy equipped with modern European firearms, until they were defeated in 1886.[6]

It is a shared tradition of the people that the Oromo originated in Mada Walabu − an area that is still inhabited by Arsi. In Northern Ethiopia, for instance, an Agew tradition has it that the Arsi Oromo moved to the locality around the sixteenth century. According to the tradition, some of the Agew speakers near Metekel were Arsi Oromos who moved via Gabra Guracha town in Northern Showa. They named their new locality Jaawwii after an Arsi Oromo clan name. The fact that the locality is still called Jaawwii and a nearby church, Arusi Mikael, attests to the pertinence of the Agew story. [7]

Notable individuals

Jawar Mohammed, Journalist and Activist

References

  1. ^ "The Functions of African Oral Arts: The Arsi-Oromo Oral Arts in Focus" (pdf). Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University. Retrieved June 27, 2008.
  2. ^ Braukaemper, Ulrich. A history of the Hadiya in Southern Ethiopia. Universite Hamburg. p. 9.
  3. ^ Braukamper, Ulrich. Islamic History and Culture in Southern Ethiopia: Collected Essay. LIT Verlag Münster. p. 47.
  4. ^ The Ethno-History of Halaba People (PDF). Southern Nations state. p. 164.
  5. ^ Fargher, Brian. The Origins of the New Churches Movement in Southern Ethiopia: 1927 - 1944. BRILL. p. 34.
  6. ^ a b Abbas Haji. "Arsi Oromo Political and Military Resistance Against the Shoan Colonial Conquest (1881-6)" (PDF). Journal of Oromo Studies. II (1 and 2). Oromo Studies Association. Retrieved June 14, 2011.
  7. ^ Endalew Etefa, Tsega (2006). Inter-ethnic relations on a frontier: Mätakkäl (Ethiopia), 1898-1991. p. 29.