Dr. Mohammed H. Ali

Department of History

Georgia State University, USA

Email: Hismha@langate.gsu.edu

Qualifications

Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

B.A., History and Education, Addis Ababa University

Publications (selected)

1. “Orature, Resistance, and Nationalism: A Historical Overview of the Development of Written Oromo Literature” The Journal of Oromo Studies, Vol. 17, Number 1 (March 2010): 137-177.
2. “slam as an Ideology of Resistance among the Oromo of Ethiopia” American Journal of Islamic Social Sciences Special Issue Islam in Africa Volume 26, Number 3, Summer 2009, pp.84-109.
3. “The Egyptian Occupation of Harer and Its Impact on the Oromo in Harerge” The Journal of Oromo Studies Volume 15, Number 2 (July 2008): 33-60.
4. “The Oromo in Medieval Muslim States of Southern Ethiopia” The Journal of Oromo Studies, Volume 15, Number 1 (March 2008): 203-214.
5. “Ethiopia” Nations and Nationalism: A Global Historical Overview ,Volume 2, 1880 to 1945 edited by Guntram H. Herb and David H. Kaplan ( Santa Barbara, California, ABC Clio, 2008): 736-746.
6. Goota Oromiyaa ed. By Daraaraa Maatii and Mohammed Hassen Ali (Atlanta: Oromia Publishing LLC, 2008).
7. “A Brief Glance at the Torturous Development of Written Oromo Literature” The Road Less Traveled Reflections on the Literatures of the Horn of Africa, edited by Ali Jimale Ahmed and Taddesse Adera ( Trenton: NJ: The Red Sea Press, Innc., 2008): 207-244.
8. “Conquest, Tyranny, and Ethnocide against the Oromo: A Historical assessment of Human Rights Conditions in Ethiopia, ca. 1880s-2002” Contested Terrain: Confronting Challenges to Politically Engaged Scholarship edited by Ezekiel Gebissa (The Red Sea Press, 2008): 23-65.
9. “Shaykh Bakrii Saphalo, 1895-1980” Goota Oromiyaa ed. By Daraaraa Maatii and Mohammed Hassen Ali (Atlanta: Oromia Publishing LLC, 2008):296-323.
10. “General Taddesse Birru, 1921-1975” Goota Oromiyaa ed. By Daraaraa Maatii and Mohammed Hassen Ali (Atlanta: Oromia Publishing LLC, 2008): 324-366.
11. “General Waaqoo Guutuu” Goota Oromiyaa ed. By Daraaraa Maatii and Mohammed Hassen Ali (Atlanta: Oromia Publishing LLC, 2008):367-395.
12. “Conquest, Tyranny, and Ethnocide against the Oromo: a Historical assessment of Human rights conditions in Ethiopia, ca. 1880s-2002” Northeast African Studies Volume 9 Number 3 (New Series) 2002 (Published in September 2007): 15-49.
13. “The Significance of Abba Bahrey in Oromo Studies: A commentary on the Works of Abba Bahrity and other Documents Concerning the Oromo” The Journal of Oromo Studies Volume 14, Number 2 (July 2007): 131-155.
14. “The Significance of Antoine d’ Abbadie in Oromo Studies”The Journal of Oromo Studies Volume 14, Number 1 (February-March 2007):147-164.