Source: Africa Focus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (africafocus.library.wisc.edu/)

Oromo Court

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Group Assembled with Attorney to Present Court Case to the Spirit Medium

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Spectators, Sergeant of Arms, and Judges at Oromo Court Case

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Judges at Oromo Court Case

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Oromo Ceremony of Laying Down of Spears to Settle a Murder Case

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Impromptu Court Case Where Oldest Oromo Man Serves as a Judge

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Spirit Medium (K'allu) Rendering Verdict in Impromptu Court Case

Country   Ethiopia 
Documentor   Lewis, Herbert S. 
Date   1965-66
Series Title   Oromo Court Case

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