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Abebu Oljira Gemeda

Title: Mrs.

Full name: Abebu Oljira Gemeda

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Lecturer

College: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department: Oromo Folklore and Literature

Research Interest: Gadaa System

Publications:  –

 

Yusuf Adem Mohammed

Title: Mr.

Full name: Yusuf Adem Mohammed

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Lecturer

College: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department: Oromo Folklore and Literature

Research Interest: Indigenous Knowledge Vs Environmental Issues

Publications: –

 

Tsehay Dinsa Nemera

Title: Mrs.

Full name: Tsehay Dinsa Nemera

Nationality: Ethiopian

College: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department: Oromo Folklore and Literature

Research Interest: Storytelling, Material Culture

Publications:

 

 

Kamil Mohammed

Title: Mr.

Full name: Kamil Mohammed

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Ranik: Assistant Professor

College: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department: Oromo Folklore and Literature

Research Interest: Gadaa system, gender, Folklore

Publications:

  • MegersaRegassa, WaktoleHailu and Kamil Mohammed (2016). “The Role of HiikkannaaPeacemaking Practice in Conflict Resolution among Macca Oromo, Ethiopia.” In International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3156. 4, Issue 1, pp: (517-527), Month: January – March 2016, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
  •  Kamil Mohammed; MegersaRegassa; WaktoleHailu (2018). Ciibsaa: MaccaaOromoIndigenous Soil Fertilizing Mechanism in East Wallagga Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding (IJMMU) https://ijmmu.com/index.php/ijmmu/article/view/696.
  • Waktole Hailu, MegersaRegassa, Kamil Mohammed (2016).The Role of Indigenous Artisan in Socio Cultural Development: The Case of Weavers in Maccaa Oromo of East Wallagga, Ethiopia.”In International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3164 (online) 4, Issue 1, pp: (505-516),:January – March 2016, Available at www.researchpublish.com
  • Bacha, A., Kuto, L., Fufa, D., & Mohammed, K. (2018). Buna Qalaa Ritual of the Boorana Oromo. ÜniversiteparkBülten, 7 (1), 26-39.
  • Bacha, A., Mohammed, K., Kuto, L., &Fufa, D. (2019). Coffee Ceremony of the Macha Oromo in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 6 (1), 14-28

 

Dereje Fufa Bidu

Title: Dr.

Full Name: Dereje Fufa Bidu

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Associate Professor

College: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department: Oromo Folklore and Literature

Research Interest: Anthropology, Folklore, Literature

Publications:

  • Dereje Fufa Bidu. 2003. Social Functions of Oromo Folktales: Horro Guduru in Focus. Addis Ababa University: Unpublished MA Thesis.
  • ____________ . 2013. Creativity and creative context in oral poetry in Journal of Language and Culture Vol. 4 (1): 1-9.
  • ____________ and P. V. Prakash 2014. Duuban Kora – Preparation for Gadaa Power in Journal of Oromo Studies, Vol. 21 (1): 59-92.
  • ___________ . 2015. Performances of Gadaa Rituals in Macca Oromoo of Ethiopia. Andhra University: Unpublished Ph.D. Dissertation.

Megersa Regassa Tolasa

Title: Mr

Full Name: Megersa Regassa Tolasa

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

College/Institute: Collage of Social Science and Humanities

Department/Team: Oromo Folklore and Literature

Field of Specialization: Folklore, Literature and Cultural Studies

Research interest: Oral literature, gender, and literary studies

Publications:

  1. Megersa Regassa,& Mitiku, T. (2024). Orality in African Literary Works: An Interaction of Oromo Oral Literature with Written Poetry. Research in African Literatures54(3), 111-130. https://dx.doi.org/10.2979/ral.00019.
  2. Megersa Regassa and Dejene Gemechu (2015). “Indigenous Mechanism of Conflict Resolution among the Oromo: The Case of Reejjii Institution of Jimma, Ethiopia.” The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 22, Number 1, 2015.
  3. Megersa Regassa and Dejene Gemechu (2015). Jigaa institution: The surviving Gadaa court among the Jimma Oromo, Ethiopia. Ethiop.j.soc.lang.stud. 2(2), 3-23. eISSN: 2408-9532; pISSN: 2412-5180.
  1. Megersa Regassa, Waktole Hailu and Kamil Mohammed (2016). “The Role of Hiikkannaa Peacemaking Practice in Conflict Resolution among Macca Oromo, Ethiopia.” In International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3156. Vol. 4, Issue 1, pp: (517-527), Month: January – March 2016, Available at:
  2. Megersa Regassa (2017). “ Females’ Voice through Oral Poetry among Limmuu Oromo,Ethiopia.” Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Studies Vol. 4, No. 2, 28-40 ISSN: 2149-1291.
  1. Kamil Mohammed; Megersa Regassa; Waktole Hailu (2018). Ciibsaa: Maccaa Oromo Indigenous Soil Fertilizing Mechanism in East Wallagga Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding (IJMMU)
  2. Megersa Regassa, Terefe Mitiku, Waktole Hailu (2019). “Addooyyee: Girl’s Indigenous Friendship Institution in Oromoo, Ethiopia.” International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding.vol. 6, Issue 1, 2019.
  3. Megersa Regassa Tolasa and Dejene Gemechu Chala (2019). Oromo Proverbs and Proverbial Expressions in the Customary Judicial System in Ethiopia. Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics 13 (2): 108-123. 10.2478/jef-2019-0016.
  4. Jamila Adem Hussein, Terefe Mitiku, Megersa Regassa, and Waktole Hailu (2020). Contemporary Practices of Customary Conflict Resolution Mechanism: The Roles of Bokkuu (Cultural) Centers among Oromo, Ethiopia.

Email:megersareg@gmail.com

Tel: +251917090786

Waktole Hailu Duguma

Title: Mr

Full Name:  Waktole Hailu Duguma

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

College/Institute: CSSH

Department/Team: Oromo Folklore & Literature

Field of Specialization: Folklore & Cultural Studies

Research interest: Oromo Cosmology and Cosomovision, peace, gender and material culture.

Publications:

  1. Waktole Hailu (2019) Social Event and Environment: Impact Assessment and Its Management   Practices among the Maccaa Oromo of Western Ethiopia. RST. Vol 17.  2019 https://www.rstjournal.com
  2. Kamil Mohammed; Megersa Regassa; Waktole Hailu (2018). Ciibsaa: Maccaa OromoIndigenous Soil Fertilizing Mechanism in East Wallagga Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding (IJMMU) https://ijmmu.com/index.php/ijmmu/article/view/696.
  1. Terefe Mitiku and Waktole Hailu (2017) The Role of Oromo Indigenous Knowledge in Disaster Management and Protection: the Case of Kuttaayee in Ambo District, International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding, Volume 4, Issue 5 (2017) Pp: 16-28 https://www.researchgate.net
  2. Waktole Hailu (2016). Folk knowledge in allocation and management of natural resources among the Oromo, Ethiopia. Elixir international Journal vol,91,38440-38443
  3. Jamila Adem Hussein, Terefe Mitiku, Megersa Regassa, and Waktole Hailu (2020).Contemporary Practices of Customary Conflict Resolution Mechanism: The Roles of Bokkuu (Cultural) Centers among Oromo, Ethiopia. Humanus 19, No, 2020.https://www.researchgate.net/publication/342894662
  4. Megersa Regassa, Terefe Mitiku, Waktole Hailu (2019). “Addooyyee: Girl’s Indigenous Friendship Institution in Oromoo, Ethiopia.” International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding.vol. 6, Issue 1, 2019. https://ijmmu.com
  5. Waktole Hailu (2017) Personal name and history: Change and continuity of naming practices among Maccaa Oromo. Journal of Languages and Culture,Vol. 7.pp 2141-6540

https://www.researchgate.net

  1. Megersa Regassa, Waktole Hailu and Kamil Mohammed (2016). “The Role of Hiikkannaa Peacemaking Practice in Conflict Resolution among Macca Oromo, Ethiopia.” In International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3156. 4, Issue 1, pp: (517-527), Month: January – March 2016, Available at: www.researchpublish.com
  2. Waktole Hailu (2016) Cultural Values of Customary Handicraft: Cloth weaving in the Case of Macca Oromo Ethnic group  in Western Ethiopia.S O C R A T E S, 4(2), 15-26.  https://www.socratesjournal.com
  3. Waktole Hailu (2016) The Economy of Indigenous Handicraft Work: the case of Weaving among Limmu Oromo of Eastern Wollega Zone, Ethiopia. Afro Asian journal of social science. http://wwwonlineresearchjournal.com
  4. Waktole Hailu, Megersa Regassa, Kamil Mohammed (2016).The Role of Indigenous Artisan in Socio Cultural Development: The Case of Weavers in Maccaa Oromo of East Wallagga, Ethiopia.”In International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3164 (online) 4, Issue 1, pp: (505-516),:January – March 2016, Available at www.researchpublish.com

Contact Address: waktoleh@yahoo.com, Institutional email: waktole.hailu@ju.edu.et

Telephone : 251945034549

 

 

 

Ayehu Bacha Teso

Title: Mr.

Full Name:  Ayehu Bacha Teso

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Assistant Professor

College/Institute: Social Sciences and Humanities

Department/Team: Oromo Folklore and Literature

Field of Specialization: Conflict Studies, Urban Anthropology

Research interest: urban violence, social movements, the dynamics of urbanization and nation building

Publications:

  1. Lenin Kuto, Ayehu Bacha, AmantiBaru (2020). Foreign Currency at the Expense of Domestic Identity: The Effects of Investment on Oromo Sacred Natural Sites. Journal of ILIRIA International Review (IIR), 10 (1), 1-26.
  2. Lenin Kuto, Ayehu Bacha and AmantiBaru (2018). The influence of mechanized farming and industrialization on the Oromo people, their traditional livelihood strategies and their environment in Ethiopia. Journal of Environmental & Socio-economic Studies, 6 (2), 29-39
  3. Teso, A. B., Hamado, L. K., &Chalenka, G. T. (2016). An investigation of participatory governance embedded in Gadaa system: Manbadha general assembly of the Arsii Oromo in focus. Journal of Languages and Culture, 7(10), 93-104.
  4. Kuto, L., Bacha A., Taye, G. (2018). Gurraacha: An Indigenous Inter-Ethnic Peace Building and Conflict Resolution Institution among the People of South Central Ethiopia. EthnologiaActualis, 18(2), 78-99.
  5. Bacha, A., Kuto, L., Fufa, D., & Mohammed, K. (2018). Buna Qalaa Ritual of the Boorana Oromo. ÜniversiteparkBülten, 7 (1), 26-39.
  6. Lenin Kuto, Ayehu Bacha and GemechuTaye (2018). Indigenous Institutions of Women: The Case of Wijjoo among ArsiiOromoo, Ethiopia. Kafaah: Journal of Gender Studies, 8 (1), 1-14
  7. Bacha, A., Mohammed, K., Kuto, L., &Fufa, D. (2019). Coffee Ceremony of the Macha Oromo in Jimma Zone, Ethiopia. International Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 6 (1), 14-28
  8. Teso, A. and Hamado, L. (2019). Women and Men in Arsi Oromo Proverbs: an Implication for Gender Equality. Kafa`ah: Journal of Gender Studies, 9 (1), 74-86

Kusa Gemeda Disassa

Title:    Mr

Full Name: Kusa Gemeda Disassa

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Lecturer, PhD Candidate in Gadaa Studies

College/Institute: College of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department/Team: Oromo Folklore

Field of Specialization: Oromo Folklore and Cultural Studies

Research interest: Child Socialization in Gadaa, Rituals, Oral Literature …

Publications:

Olani, Amanti Baru, Ararso Baru Olani, Takele Birhanu Muleta, Dame Habtamu Rikitu, and Kusa Gemeda Disassa. “Impacts of language barriers on healthcare access and quality among Afaan Oromoo-speaking patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.” BMC Health Services Research 23, no. 1 (2023): 1-12.

Dinkisa Sagni Doba

 

Title:  Mr.

Full Name:  Dinkisa Sagni Doba

Nationality: Ethiopian

Academic Rank: Chief TA I

College/Institute: Collage of Social Sciences and Humanities

Department/Team: Oromo Folklore and Literature

Field of Specialization: Folklore and Social Anthropology

Research interest: Anthropology, Indigenous rituals, Cultural practices, the lore of Peoples, Gadaa Studies, documentation skills…

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