Table of Contents

Introduction
Early Interactions among the Oromo, Christian and Muslim Peoples: Traditions and Institutions
Oromo Peoples in the Medieval Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia before 1500
The Homelands of the Pastoral Oromo before 1500
The Pastoral Oromo Confront the Christian Kingdom c.1440s-1559
Movements of Pastoral Oromo into the Christian Kingdom 1559-1600
Abba Bahrey's Zenahu Le Galla and its Impact on Emperor Za-Dengel's War against the Oromo 1603-1604
The Oromo and the Christian Kingdom 1600-1618
Oromo Christianization, Conflict and Identity 1618-1700
Epilogue

Reviews

Will surely become obligatory reading for specialists and the wider public who are interested in Ethiopian history. It will also encourage new approaches in the study of the so-called medieval period of Ethiopia, when the modern Ethiopian nation established its roots.
*ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW*

[A] carefully argued book that challenges us to reevaluate Ethiopian and Oromo history through a different lens. It clarifies a lot of issues and provides a highly needed scholarly reference on the early presence of the Oromo in the central Ethiopian highlands.
*AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW*

Hassen offers a history of Ethiopia that has a far different point of view than what other historians, both contemporary and modern, have presented. It is one seen through the eyes of the Oromo.
*CHOICE*