Baro Tumsa

Baro Tumsa
Native name Baaroo Tumsaa
Born Baro Tumsa
1938
Bogi, Oromia, Ethiopia
Died 1978
Harerge
Ethnicity Oromo
Organization Echat, Oromo Liberation Front
Known for Founding Oromo Liberation Front, Creating "Land to the Tiller" Slogan

Baro Tumsa (1938–1978) was a pharmacist, lawyer and Oromo nationalist and political activist in Ethiopia. He was the younger brother of the famed Reverend Gudina Tumsa and was one of the Founding Congress of the Oromo Liberation Front.[1]

Early life

Baro was born in 1938 in the Wollega Region of Oromia. His parents died while he was still very young and so he was brought up by his elder brother, Gudina.[2]

Education and political activism

Gudina encouraged Baro with his schooling and this eventually got him into Haile Selassie I University (now Addis Ababa University).[3]

References

  1. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C (pg 483)
  2. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C (pg 483)
  3. Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C (pg 483)
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