Table of Contents

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

It is a fascinating attempt to write the history of a people who have for far too long only been viewed from the perspective of and in the shadow of a dominant Christian polity.
*JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY*

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*