Gadaa: Africa’s Original Democratic Constitution By Oromia My Country Research and Collective Gadaa: Africa’s Original Democratic Constitution is a bold and intellectually rigorous intervention in African political thought. Rather than treating Gadaa as an ethnographic curiosity or a cultural relic, the book reframes it as a fully developed constitutional system—one that governed power, justice, leadership, ecology, and time long before the advent of the modern African state. The central argumen

⸻ The Karayyuu in Oromo History – Summary The Karayyuu Oromo are one of the historically significant Oromo groups whose identity, culture, and social organization exemplify core Oromo civilization. Traditionally inhabiting the eastern and central Rift Valley regions of Oromiyaa, the Karayyuu are renowned for their strong pastoral economy, deep attachment to land, and preservation of Oromo customary law (Safuu). Historically, the Karayyuu played a crucial role in maintaining Oromo indigenous gove