



It seems that this concept of monotheism have moved from Cushitic black Africans (including the Oromo) first to ancient Egypt, secondly, further to Israel of the Bible and lastly to the Arab world of Koran. It includes keeping both safuu (virtues) and laguu (vices) i.e.Īfrican peoples have got our own culture, which distinguish us from other parts of the world, of course also having our own sub-cultures among ourselves.Īadaa Oromoo (Oromo culture) being one part of the Cush culture is one of the sub-cultures within the common African culture, which consists also the faith system of Waaqeffannaa as part and parcel of the OromoAfrican culture. Muhammad Shamsaddin Megalommatis, Safuu: the Oromo moral value and doctrine, State of Oromia, The Oldest Living Person Known to Mankind, The Oromo Democratic system, The Oromo Library, Wisdom.Īfrican traditional religion is a term referring to a variety of religious practices of the only ONE African religion, which Oromo believers call Waaqeffannaa (believe in Waaqa, the supreme Being), an indigenous faith system to the continent of Africa.Įven though there are different ways of practicing this religion with varieties of rituals, in truth, the different versions of the African religion have got the following commonalities.
