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.
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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