Professor Asafa Jalata, University of Tennessee – Knoxville Abstract This paper examines the essence and characteristics of cities and urban centers in Oromia and the major consequences of the centralization and spatial concentration of Habasha (Amhara-Tigray) political power in a multinational Ethiopia. It speci!cally demonstrates how the integration of indigenous Oromo towns into the Ethiopian colonial structure and the formation of garrison and non-garrison cities and towns in Oromia consolidated Habasha political domination over the Oromo people. Ethiopian colonial structure limited the access of Oromo urban residents, who are a minority in their own cities and towns, to institutions and opportunities, such as employment, education, health, mass media and other public services. ethiofreespeech.blogspot.no/2014/04/urban-centers-in-oromia-consequences-of.html
Posted on: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 15:47:22 +0000