Oromo Oral Poetry Seen from Within

Edited by: Catherine Griefenow-Mewis, Tamene Bitima. With an introduction by: Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig. With contributions by: Debela Goshu, Ronny Meyer, Abdullahi A. Shongolo, Tadesse Jaleta Jirata, Tamene Bitima, Tesema Ta’a. Series edited by: Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig.

Series: Verbal Art and Documentary Literature in African Languages Volume 20

CONTENTS

Wilhelm J.G. Möhlig:
Introduction

Tesema Ta’a:
Oromo traditional songs

Tamene Bitima:
On some Oromo historical poems

Abdullahi A. Shongolo:
Boran traditional blessings and prayers

Dabala Goshu / Ronny Meyer:
A people blessed and accursed by God – The Waata around lake Zway

Tadesse Jaleta Jirata:
Social functions of Oromo proverbs

Tamene Bitima:
Oromo riddles

In our programme further dictionaries, grammar und text books on Oromo and Oromo dialects have been published:

Accompanying material:

• A Concise Vocabulary of Orma Oromo (Kenya) (ISBN 978-3-89645-063-0)
• A Dictionary of Oromo Technical Terms (ISBN 978-3-89645-295-5)
• A Grammar of Boraana Oromo (Kenya) (ISBN 978-3-89645-485-0)
• A Grammatical Sketch of Written Oromo (ISBN 978-3-89645-039-5)
• Goldgrube (ISBN 978-3-927620-29-2)
• Towards the Genetic Classification of the Afaan Oromoo Dialects (ISBN 978-3-89645-487-4)

Cross-reference:

• Colloque international sur les langues couchitiques et les peuples qui les parlent – International Conference on Cushitic Languages and Peoples (ISBN 978-3-89645-489-8)
• Cushitic and Omotic Languages (ISBN 978-3-927620-28-5)
• Lehrbuch des Oromo (ISBN 978-3-927620-05-6)
• Lehrbuch des Oromo (ISBN 978-3-89645-578-9)
• Omotic and Cushitic Language Studies (ISBN 978-3-89645-482-9)
• Oromo Übungsbuch (ISBN 978-3-927620-11-7)
• Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cushitic and Omotic Languages, Paris, 16-18 April 2008 (ISBN 978-3-89645-488-1)

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