Afaan Oromoo Books

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  • Learning English (for speakers of afaan Oromoo)

    “How do I learn English?” This is probably the question that I get the most when I am speaking with others. In Ethiopia, like many places in the world, the ability to speak English opens up different job opportunities and is often a requirement to further your education. At the same time, outside of major…

  • Reading a Dictionary

    I have not died, but I have been unordinarily sick these last three months. I have returned from my trip to Ethiopia with a handful of new books but I have also started going through a dictionary. Reading a dictionary may not seem like the most fun but it is enjoyable so far. I have…

  • Oromiffa af Soomaali

    Somali is the Cushitic language that I am most familiar with other than afaan Oromoo. I am by no means fluent, but my understanding is pretty good. Oromiffa af Soomaali by Badal W. Kariye, belongs to the realm of afaan Oromoo and non-European and non-Amharic language books. This is a very small group of books…

  • Proverbs and Sayings of the Oromo People of Ethiopia and Kenya with English Translations

    At this point, there are few books that I know of and want that I do not have. Many of my new purchases are surprises where I did not know the book previously existed. One exception has been Proverbs and Sayings of the Oromo People of Ethiopia and Kenya with English Translations by John Cotter.…

  • Academic Work

    This topic of academic work touches on a lot of different resources but all of which come back to being academic studies. These are mostly not published or are freely available outside of being published. This means that it is a lot of articles in academic journals or masters or doctoral work, either theses or…

  • Oromo-English Dictionary by Tilahun Gamta

    Speaking of a good dictionary, here is the first dictionary I will be talking about. This is the Oromo-English Dictionary by Tilahun Gamta. Published in 1989, this was one of the earlier dictionaries to see more wide dispersal. This was before the more recent standardization of qubee. The dictionary uses its own transliteration of written…

  • Afaan Oromoo Wikipedia

    This title doesn’t exactly hide that I am going to talk about Wikipedia today. The afaan Oromoo Wikipedia is not a robust Wikipedia. Many topics are missing and many articles are relatively short descriptions. Obviously, this is less good if trying to use the website as an actual way to gain knowledge. But, many of…

  • Open Hearts Big Dreams

    This is a long running series of Ethiopian related books published in English and local Ethiopian languages. The books are published in both English and the local language through Open Hearts Big Dreams. This results in titles like Something is Coming: Wanti tokko dhufaa jira. I am not a fan of bilingual books for studying.…

  • Qocaa fi Mudannooshee

    Qocaa fi Mudannooshee is another book from the Tshehai Loves Learning series. I have looked more recently and the website still does not support purchasing which is unfortunate as they are nice afaan Oromoo books. This is a story about how Turtle got it’s shell. In this world all the forest animals would gather for…

  • Lehrbuch des Oromo by Catherine Griefenow-Mewis and Tameme Bitima

    It has been a very busy month between work and an online workshop (where I focused on afaan Oromoo as my topic). Hopefully it will not be so long in the future. Today, I am going to start looking at Catherine Griefenow-Mewis and Tameme Bitima’s Lehrbuch des Oromo. My German is not great but this…