Oromo
Lands
Oromia and other regions of Ethiopia, and northern Kenya
Facts 3
Governance
UNESCO lists the Gada system as an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, inscribed on its heritage list in 2016.
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Governance
Gada, the Oromo system of governance, is organized in five classes, and leadership rotates from one class to the next every eight years.
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Today
Knowledge of the Gada system is passed on to Oromo children today, at home and at school.
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