Mohammed Hassen's The Oromo of Ethiopia: A History, 1570 to 1860, published by Cambridge University Press in 1990, is a scholarly history of the Oromo people, tracing their expansion, their gadaa political and social system, and their encounters with neighboring Ethiopian states across three centuries. Its strength is that it is a peer-reviewed university press monograph by an Oromo historian working from Ethiopian and Oromo sources directly. Its limit is that its period of focus ends at 1860, so a claim about later Oromo history, including the incorporation of Oromo territories into the modern Ethiopian state, needs a source addressing that later period.
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Published by Cambridge University Press as Mohammed Hassen's scholarly history by an Oromo historian working from Ethiopian and Oromo sources directly, peer reviewed university press scholarship. NotesScholarly history of the Oromo people of Ethiopia, 1570 to 1860.
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AuthorMohammed Hassen
PublisherCambridge University Press
Publication Year1990
Source Typeacademic monograph
Claims Backed By This Source (24 claims)
This source backs 24 claims across the atlas. As facts: 16 well-attested. As cited relationships: 5 holds. Plus 3 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Cultures, 7 claims: 3 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Religions, 5 claims: 2 well-attested, 2 holds, 1 general references.
- Practices, 4 claims: 3 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
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