Oromo Studies Association announces workshop on the Oromo concept of peace and receives grant - Gadaa.com - March 14, 2008
In its latest Newsletter, the Oromo Studies Association (OSA) has announced that the topic of its mid-year conference would be "Toward Understanding and Interpreting the Oromo Concept of Peace (Nagaa)" and the format would be 'workshop.' The Association has indicated that prominent scholars would present their research works on the topic at the workshop. The workshop is open to all and is scheduled for March 22nd at Howard University in Washington, DC. Similarly, the Newsletter states that the topic for this year's OSA Annual Conference will be "Oromo and the Horn of Africa: The Search for Freedom, Peace and Democracy."
The Newsletter also reports that OSA has received a grant of $5,000 from the Oliqaa Foundation for the publication of the Journal of Oromo Studies. The Oliqaa Foundation is an Oromo non-profit organization with a vision of creating strong Oromo communities around the world. It is important to note that the Oliqaa Foundation provides financial support to many annual events of the Oromo summer Fest (also known as the Oromo Mega Fest) in the Twin Cities.
Other topics covered by the OSA March 2008 Newsletter are: an appeal letter from the Jimma University Oromo Folklore and Literature Department, asking for material support needed to achieve the department's objectives, and a report on the Australian Oromo community coming together, despite regional, religious, political, gender and age differences, to celebrate the educational achievements of Oromos who graduated from high schools and universities in 2007.
Read the OSA March '08 Newsletter here.