Qeerransoo Biyyaa
August 26, 2008
"I want my people to thrive in freedom," Dirribi Bokku told me.
Mr. Dirribi Bokku is the incumbent president of the oldest Oromo civil society organization (CSO) known as Macha and Tulama Association (MTA) in Ethiopia. MTA´s office is based in Finfinnee, Addis Ababa. Dirribi also worked for the Ethiopian Airlines for many years before he was imprisoned in the year 2004 and sacked in the last quarter of 2007. Bokku is also the author of a new Oromo book "Ilaalcha Oromoo" (Oromo View), which is a guide to the traditional African Oromo religion "Waaqeffannaa". He is a prominent local NGO leader in Ethiopia.
Mr. Bokku, who came to the United States, Minnesota, to make a keynote address at the 22nd Oromo Studies Association annual conference, exposed assaults against himself and the CSO he is leading. read more
Mr. Dirribi Bokku is the incumbent president of the oldest Oromo civil society organization (CSO) known as Macha and Tulama Association (MTA) in Ethiopia. MTA´s office is based in Finfinnee, Addis Ababa. Dirribi also worked for the Ethiopian Airlines for many years before he was imprisoned in the year 2004 and sacked in the last quarter of 2007. Bokku is also the author of a new Oromo book "Ilaalcha Oromoo" (Oromo View), which is a guide to the traditional African Oromo religion "Waaqeffannaa". He is a prominent local NGO leader in Ethiopia.
Mr. Bokku, who came to the United States, Minnesota, to make a keynote address at the 22nd Oromo Studies Association annual conference, exposed assaults against himself and the CSO he is leading. read more
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