Prof. Asafa Jalata
Department of Sociology
University of Tennessee, USA
Email: Ajalata@utk.edu
Qualifications
1990 Ph.D., State University of New York
1988 M.A., State University of New York
1985 M.S., University of California
1978 B.S., Addis Ababa University
Publications (selected)
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Phases of Terrorism
in the Age of Globalization: From Christopher Columbus to Osama bin Laden, Palgrave Macmillan, New York, 2015.
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“Theorizing Oromummaa,” The Journal of Oromo Studies.
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“The Triple Causes of African Underdevelopment: Colonial
Capitalism, State Terrorism and Racism,” International Journal of Sociology and
Anthropology, Vol. 7(3), pp. 75-91, March.
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“Gadaa as the Fountain of Oromummaaa and the Theoretical
Base of Oromo Liberation,” with Harwood Schaffer, Journal of Oromo Studies.
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“Promoting and Developing Oromummaa,” The Journal of
Pan-African Studies Vol. 6, no. 8: 120-145.
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“The Oromo, Gadaa/Siqqee and the Liberation of Ethiopian
Colonial Subjects,” with Harwood Schaffer, AlterNative: An International
Journal of Indigenous Peoples, Vol. 9, Issue 4: 277-295.
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“The Impacts of English Colonial Terrorism and Genocide on
Indigenous/Black Australians,” Sage Open, July-September, vol. 3, no. 3, pp.
1-12.
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“Indigenous Peoples and the Capitalist World System:
Researching, Knowing and Promoting Social Justice,” Sociology Mind, Vol. 3, No.
2, pp. 156-178.
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“Colonial Terrorism, Global Capitalism and African
Underdevelopment: 500 Years of Crimes against African Peoples,” The Journal of
Pan-African Studies, Vol. 5, No. 9, March 1-43.
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“The Impacts of Terrorism and Capitalist Incorporation on
Indigenous Americans,” Journal of World-Systems Research, American Sociological
Association, Volume XIX, Number 1, pp. 130-152.
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“Gadaa (Oromo Democracy): An Example of Classical African
Civilization,” The Journal of Pan-African Studies, vol. 5, no. 1, March 2012,
pp. 126-152.
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“My Conversation with Sisai Ibssa,” The Journal of Oromo
Studies, Vol. 18, No. 1, July, Special Issue, pp.
81-107.
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“The Oromo in Exile: Creating Knowledge and Promoting
Social Justice,” Journal of Societies Without Borders/Sociologists Without
Border/Sociologos Sin Fronteras : Human Rights & the Social Sciences 6: 1,
June, 33-72.
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“Terrorism from Above and Below in the Age of Globalization,”
Sociology Mind, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 1-15.
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“Imperfections in U.S. Foreign Policy toward Oromia and
Ethiopia: Will The Obama Administration Introduce Change?” The Journal of Pan
African Studies, vol.4, no.3, March 2011, pp. 131-154.
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“Oromian Urban Centers: Consequences of Spatial
Concentration of Power in Multinational Ethiopia”, Journal of Oromos Studies,
Vol. 17, No. 2, January 2011, pp. 39-74.
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The Macha-Tulama Association: Its Importance in Oromo
History, with Mohammed Hassen. Knoxville: UTK Printing Press.
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Social Justice and the University: Globalization, Human
Rights and the Future of Democracy. Edited with Jon Shefner, Bobby Jones, and
Harry Dams. London: Palgrave.
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Fighting against the Injustice of the State and
Globalization: Comparing the African American and Oromo Movements, (New York:
Palgrave Macmillan), reprinted in Paperback.
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“Researching, Knowing and Promoting Social Justice for
Indigenous Americans,” Social Justice and the University: Globalization, Human
Rights and the Future of Democracy, edited with Jon Shefner, Bobby Jones, Harry
Dams. New York: Palgrave.
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“European Colonial Terrorism and the Incorporation of
Africa into the Capitalists World System,” Social Fabric Transformations:
Research on International Perspective, (Athens: Athens Institute for Education
and Research, edited by Aaron C. Porter, pp. 23-66.