Barruulee Finfinnee/ Finfinnee Journal

Whose Knowledge and Ways of Knowing? Humanizing Education through Contextualization

Ambissa Kenea Boru — 2025-12-26

Education is a double-edged sword in that it can be used for liberation as well as oppression. In welcoming the Finfinne Journal, this paper aims to address this issue by reviewing related literature and reflecting on personal experiences as a student, teacher, teacher educator, educational researcher and education consultant in Ethiopia. The paper uses Paulo Freire's thesis on liberatory pedagogy as a theoretical lens. While more rigorous research is needed, the experiences presented here suggest that education in Ethiopia does not sufficiently target the production of liberated individuals, as defined by Paulo Freire. The paper concludes by identifying issues for future research in this area.

Tarsiimoolee Sirnaawoo Adeemsa Barnoota Afaan Oromoorratti

Addunyaa Barkeessaa Dhiinsaa — 2025-12-26

Kaayyoon waraqaa kanaa tarsiimoolee Ministeerri Barnootaa Itoophiyaafi Biiroon Barnootaa Oromiyaa barnoota Afaan Oromoorratti itti fayyadaman ibsuudha. Kaayyoo kana milkeessuuf, ragaaleen maddeen jalqabaafi 2 ffaa akkaayyoodhaan filatamanirraa marii garee xiyyeeffannoo, afgaaffiifi xiinxala dokimentiitiin funaanaman. Ragaaleen funaanamanis ibsamuun dhaabbileen barnootaa lamaan barnoota afaanicharratti tarsiimoolee xiqqeessaa ‘Minoritizing’, bayyaannachiisaa ‘De-minoritizing’fi itti ladachiisaa‘Re-minoriting’ fayyadamuun isaanii adda bahee jira. Tarsiimoo xiqqeessaan bara 1991 dura Afaan Oromoo galmoo alidilee keessattii ittisuuf Ministeerri Barnootaa Itoophiyaa dhimma itti bahe. Tooftaan kun ilaanya (Ideology) ‘Afaan tokkoo-uummata tokko - biyya tokko,’ jechu bu’uureffata. Tarsiimoon bayyaannachiisaan ammoo barnoota Afaan Oromoo hubaatii irra gaherraa fooyyessuuf karoora bahee hojiirra ooledha. Qabsaa’onni, ogeeyyiifi hooggantoonni kutannoofi gahumsa qabaniin tarsiimoo kanatti fayyadamuun barnoota afaanicha sadarkaa amma irra jirurraan
gahan. Tarsiimoon itti ladachiisaa ammoo barnoonni afaanichaa deebi’ee akka xiqqaatuuf tooftaa sirnaawaadha. Tarsiimoon itti ladachiisaa Afaan Oromoo akka afaanota ambaatti(Ormaatti) akka baratamu taasisuunfi qancarsaafi quucarsa
sirnaawaa irratti raawwachuuf caayaa ta’e. Caayaan kun imaammata barnootaa Itoophiyaa kan afaan abbaa kutaa jahatti daangessu fiixaan baasuun afaanicha tuuta xiqqaa ‘subset’ Afaan Amaaraa taasisuuf tooftaa qophaa’edha. Kun ammoo, eegumsa ‘expectation’ uummatichi barnoota Afaan Oromoofi guddina afaanichaatiif qaburraa adda waan ta’eef, akka inni mootummaarraa amantaa dhabu taasisa. Gaalchoon ‘implication’ tarsiimoo xiqqeesaafi itti ladachiisaatti fayyadamuu Oromummaan akka hinbayyaannanne taasisuun ilaanya Itoophiyummaa akka duriitti deebisuudha. Gaalchoon tarsiimoo bayyaannachiisaa fayyadamuu ammoo ilaanya daneessummaa jaarraan 21 ffaa n barbaaduu hojiirra oolachuufi mirga afaanii Oromoo kabajchiisuudha. Barnoota afaanichaa eenyummaa Oromootiin walqabsiisuun barattoonni misooma
aadaa, siyaasaafi naannoo isaanii keessatti akka qooda fudhataniifi rakkoo uumamuuf furmaata waarawaa barbaadaniifis haala mijeessuudha.

Ilaalchaafi Beekumsa Xabboo Oromoo Booranaa Eegumsa Naannawaarratti

Abarraa Dagafaa — 2025-12-29

Ijoon dubbii barreeffama kanaa hariiroo namaafi uumama naannoo giddu jiru keessaa eegumsa naannoowaa irratti ’environmental protection’kan jedhu ta’a. Qorannooleen dursoon ilaalchota warri Awurooppaa- uummatoonni jeebanaa- naannoowaa isaaniitiif qabaniifi akkaataa isaan itti eeggatan irratti kan xiyyeeffate ture. Waraqaan kun beekumsa xabboo uummanni jeebanaa eegumsa naannawaa isaaniitiif taasisuuf fayyadaman bu’aafi midhaa inni qabus adda baasuun isa Oromoo Booranaa adda baasuuf akka caayaa yaadrimeetti itti gargaaramee Jira. Malli qorannoon kun itti gargaarames akkamtaadha. Ragaaleen qorannichaaf ta’an kan funaanamanis yeroo qorataan kun waggoota sadiif Oromoo Booranaa gidduu deddeebi’aa turedha. Maddi raga qorannichaa maanguddoota Oromoo Booranaa yoo ta’an, meeshaaleen ragaan ittiin funaanaman ammoo af-gaaffiti, xiinxala dokimentiifi yaadannoo qabachuudha. Ragaaleen funaanaman ibsamanii, ibsa kana keessattis qorannoo adda addaa mataduree qorannoo kanaatiin walqabataniin walcinaa qabamanii ilaalamanii jiru. Ibsi
ragaalee funaanamanirratti taasisame akka agarsiisuti, akka Oromoo Booranaatti namniifi uumamni kaan qaama tokko. Kanaafuu, eegumsi namni naannawaa isaatiif taasisu, akka ofii isaatiif taasisetti fudhatama. Namni naannawaa isaa kunuunsuunis of kunuunsuudha jedhee amana. Waraqaan kunis beekumsiifi muuxannoon Oromoo Boorana kun yoo qoratame fakkeenyummaan gaariin inni qabu kan isa uummata jeebanaatiin waldeggeruun inni tokko qaawwa isa biraa duuchuun ykn hanqina isa biraa guutuun rakkoo nu mudachaa jiru furuu danda’a. Akkuma biyyaattiyyu beekumsifi muuxxannoon xabboo yoo fudhatama argatee barnoota hammayyaatiin walfaana kan barsiifaman ta’e, yaadrimee, yaaxxinnifi haalli qabatamaan uummanni keessa jiraatu walsimanii hanqinna/qaawwa walii duuchuun barnoota kennamu guutuu taasisa. Barnootni beekumsa jeebanaa irraa argamu eegumsa naannoowaatiif godhamu keessatti shoora guddaa qaba. Kun ammoo beekumsi lamaanuu walqaraa jijjiiramoota dhufan faana qorannoon gabbataa deemuu.

The Nexus between Parenting Values, Beliefs and Behaviors of Arsi Oromoo: Implications for their Alignment in a given Culture

Dame Abera Abdi — 2025-12-29

The purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which parenting values, beliefs and behaviors are aligned. Correlational research design was employed in the study. Questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data from a sample of 442 Arsi Oromoo active childrearing mothers and fathers. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select the study site while simple random sampling technique was used to select the districts in which the households resided. Stratified random sampling technique was employed to select the study participants. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean,
percentage & standard deviation) and inferential statistics (correlation, multiple regression, t-test & one-way ANOVA). The study revealed that parenting behavior score was significantly associated with parenting value and belief scores. Second, parenting behavior score is significantly predicted by parenting value and belief scores. Third, strong positive
association was found between parenting value and belief scores. Finally, the parenting strategy employed by Arsi Oromoo childrearing parents differed by residence, educational level and occupational categories. Generally, the present study concludes that there are statistically significant value-belief, value-behavior and belief-behavior connections in the
context of Arsi Oromoo. This means that what parents actually do with their children (parenting behavior) is determined by what parents value for their children (parenting value) and what parents assume how a child be raised and treated (parenting belief). The finding implicated that researchers, professionals and practitioners working with childrearing parents need to ensure that the three parenting constructs are aligned in a given culture and are compatible with the social norms and customs; and the contents, principles and assumptions of contemporary theories of parenting and child development.

Reexamining Relativization Strategies in Afaan Oromoo: Western Dialect in Focus

Girma Mengistu Desta — 2025-12-29

This study investigates the relativization strategies employed in Afaan Oromoo, with a particular focus on the Western dialect. The research is conducted within a typological framework, aiming to identify how the language encodes the syntactic role of the head noun within relative clauses. Data for the study were gathered through a combination of elicitation from native speakers and introspection by the researcher, who is a native speaker of the dialect. The findings reveal that Afaan Oromoo employs a range of relativization strategies depending on the grammatical function of the relativized noun phrase. These include the pro in-situ strategy, where agreement markers on the verb refer back to a null pronominal subject or object; the gapping strategy, in which the relativized element is omitted altogether; the use of resumptive pronouns, in which a
pronoun-like element remains in the original position of the relativized noun phrase, carrying the appropriate case marking to indicate its grammatical role; and the stranded postposition strategy, in which locative postpositions are left behind in the syntactic position of the relativized noun phrase. Except for the gapping strategy, these relativization mechanisms have not been identified or described in previous studies.
Moreover, contrary to claims made in earlier works, such as Abdo (2011), the findings demonstrate that Afaan Oromoo does not utilize a relative pronoun strategy. Overall, the study contributes new insights into the typology of relative clause formation in Afaan Oromoo and enriches the broader understanding of relativization strategies in Cushitic languages.