Will surely become obligatory reading for specialists and the wider public who are interested in Ethiopian history. It will also encourage new approaches in the study of the so-called medieval period of Ethiopia, when the modern Ethiopian nation established its roots. ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW [A] carefully argued book that challenges us to reevaluate Ethiopian and Oromo ... Read morehistory through a different lens. It clarifies a lot of issues and provides a highly needed scholarly reference on the early presence of the Oromo in the central Ethiopian highlands. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW Hassen offers a history of Ethiopia that has a far different point of view than what other historians, both contemporary and modern, have presented. It is one seen through the eyes of the Oromo. CHOICE Show Less