"Under the dictatorship of Haile Selassie in 1941, the Oromo language was banned, including from political life and schools, and the Amharic language and culture was forced upon the Oromo people. It was a ban that would remain until 1991, when the military Derg regime was overthrown by rebel forces."
Oromo children's books keep once-banned Ethiopian language alive
Melbourne woman Toltu Tufa launches publishing company to print children’s books entirely in Oromo, a language forbidden under Haile Selassie
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