What Is Gadaa? The Gadaa system is an indigenous socio-political, legal, and cultural system developed and practiced by the Oromo Nation for centuries. It is an age-set and generation-set system that organizes society, leadership, law, ritual life, and the orderly transfer of power through clearly defined stages, each lasting eight years. For the Oromo, Gadaa is not merely a political institution; it is a complete worldview and a central marker of collective identity and continuity. Under the Ga

6.6K views · 562 reactions | The Gadaa system of the Oromo people prevented dictatorship long before modern constitutions. Power rotated every 8 years. #africanhistory #blackhistory #history #storytelling #writing | Anre John | Facebook

Gadaa: Africa’s Original Democratic Constitution By Oromia My Country Research and Collective Gadaa: Africa’s Original Democratic Constitution is a bold and intellectually rigorous intervention in African political thought. Rather than treating Gadaa as an ethnographic curiosity or a cultural relic, the book reframes it as a fully developed constitutional system—one that governed power, justice, leadership, ecology, and time long before the advent of the modern African state. The central argumen

Have you heard about the Oromo Gada system? If you want an understanding of the Oromo Gada system, listen to what this scholar has to say🧏‍♂️ #tekebelfamilychallenge #Oromo #Ethiopia #share | Gemechu Teshite Jara