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title: "Oromo Democracy: An Indigenous African Political System"
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# Authentic African democracy insights Indigenous political system deep dive Evidence-based historical analysis Oromo Democracy: An Indigenous African Political System

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## Summary

> 🌍 Dive into the roots of democracy with Oromo’s timeless GADA system!

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- **What is this?** Oromo Democracy: An Indigenous African Political System
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## Key Features

- • **Collector’s Choice:** Good condition used copy with free shipping—own a piece of political history today.
- • **Scholarly Credibility:** Meticulously researched with evidence-backed content for serious academics and professionals.
- • **Unlock Indigenous Wisdom:** Explore the GADA system, a unique African democratic model shaping governance.
- • **Cross-Disciplinary Appeal:** Essential reading for politicians, historians, sociologists, and cultural anthropologists alike.
- • **Rare Insight, Global Relevance:** Discover a democracy system that offers fresh perspectives for modern governance worldwide.

## Overview

Oromo Democracy: An Indigenous African Political System by Asmarom Legesse is a well-researched, evidence-based exploration of the GADA system, an indigenous democratic governance model from Africa. Highly rated and recommended for scholars and professionals interested in authentic political systems, this used book offers rare insights into African democracy with global implications.

## Description

This book reveals the many creative solutions an African society found for problems that people encounter when they try to establish a democratic system of governing their affairs. In much of what has been written about Africa, the common image is that of people governed by primitive customs and practices, in which only feudal roles of elders, kings, chiefs, sultans, and emirs have been acknowledged by Western observers. Little is ever shown of indigenous African democratic systems, under which there is distribution of authority and responsibility across various strata of society, and where warriors are subordinated to deliberative assemblies, customary laws are revised periodically by a national convention, and elected leaders are limited to a single eight-year terms of office and subjected to public review in the middle of their term. All these ideals and more are enshrined in the five-century old constitution of the Oromo of Ethiopia, which is the subject matter of this book. In this book, Legesse brings into sharp focus the polycephalous or "multi-headed" system of government of the Oromo, which is based on clearly defined division of labor and checks and balances between different institutions. Revealing the inherent dynamism and sophistication of this indigenous African political system, Legasse also shows in clear and lucid language that the system has had a long and distinguished history, during which the institutions changed by deliberate legislation, and evolved and adapted with time.

## Features

- Used Book in Good Condition

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
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| Best Sellers Rank | #1,785,746 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #2,202 in Democracy (Books) #4,534 in African History (Books) #7,166 in Cultural Anthropology (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.8 out of 5 stars 26 Reviews |

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