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Our Mission
The Oromo Studies Association (OSA) is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary,
nonprofit organization, established by Oromo and non-Oromo scholars to promote
studies on and relevant to the Oromo people. OSA is an international academic
organization committed to the study and documentation of Oromo history and
culture. It was established by scholars who were concerned about the lack of
adequate knowledge about the Oromo people.
The Oromo Studies Association has the following objectives:
- Develop and promote serious scholarship on the history, economy, culture,
health, education, politics, law, and social welfare of the Oromo people.
- Promote critical thinking and well-rounded intellectual life among scholars
of the Oromo studies.
- Provide a forum for Oromo scholars to cooperate and support each other.
- Provide the opportunity and mechanisms for non-Oromo scholars to actively
participate in the development of scholarship about the Oromo people.
- Identify and solicit resources and research funds for scholarly works for
Oromo Studies.
To achieve these goals, OSA organizes annual conferences and publishes
proceedings and journals. The annual OSA conferences are usually preceded and
accompanied by a burst of new energy, vitality, and a new hope for increased
scholarship on Oromo Studies. The regular publications of the annual conference
proceedings and the Journal of Oromo Studies have been critical instruments in
the production and dissemination of knowledge about the Oromo. Scholars have
been aiming at exposing the crude nature, inner workings, and consequences of
the Abyssinian colonialism, its ideological underpinnings, and the mechanisms
with which the Abyssinian elite and their foreign supporters have distorted
Oromo history and undermined Oromo civilization. In the short period of time
since its creation, OSA has created a solid foundation for the development of
Oromo scholarship and dissemination of a more accurate and reliable knowledge
base about the Oromo people.
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