Baro Tumsa was an Oromo pharmacist, lawyer and Oromo nationalist and political activist.
11 Facts About Baro Tumsa
1.
2.
Baro Tumsa was the younger brother of Reverend Gudina Tumsa and later joined the Oromo Liberation Front after being expelled from Finfinne by The Dergue.
3.
Baro Tumsa was born in 1938 in Bodji Karkaro, Wallaga, Oromia.
4.
Baro Tumsa had one sister, Rahel, and two brothers, Gudina and Nagassa.
5.
Baro Tumsa was mentored and encouraged to study Law by the likes of Dhinsa Lepisa, and Baqala Nadhi from the Macha and Tulama Self-help Association and, he re-joined Haile Selassie I University Law School, where he completed his legal education.
6.
Besides Baro Tumsa, Mazamir was among the university students who contributed to the radicalization of the Association.
7.
Baro Tumsa is admired for two things: First, by his deep and profound understanding of the Oromo cause as a colonial question and his leadership in organising the Oromo was a distinct political force.
Related searches
Haile Selassie 8.
Baro Tumsa was singlehandedly instrumental in bringing Oromo from all regions and background together and cementing their unity.
9.
Baro Tumsa was instrumental in the formation of the Oromo Liberation Front.
10.
Baro Tumsa left behind the comfort of his privileged life in Finfinne to join the nascent guerrilla force of the OLF in the eastern command in 1978 and sacrificed his life for the freedom of the Oromo nation.
11.
Baro Tumsa comes from an unprivileged background and established himself as a member of the urban elite educated and well connected middle class.