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Tumsa is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Baro Tumsa (1938–1978), Oromo pharmacist *Gudina Tumsa Gudina Tumsa (Bodji, Wallaga, Oromia Ethiopia, 1929 – 28 July 1979) was an Ethiopian theologian and General Secretary of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. He helped form the Council for Cooperation of Churches in Ethiopia, an ecume ... (1929–1979), Ethiopian theologian See also * Tumsa Nahin Dekha {{Short pages monitor ...
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Baro Tumsa
Baro Tumsa (1938–1978) was a pharmacist, lawyer and Oromo nationalist and political activist in Ethiopia. He was the younger brother of Reverend Gudina Tumsa and mainly responsible for the formation of the Oromo Liberation Front.Encyclopaedia Aethiopica: A-C (pg 483) Early life Baro Tumsa was born in 1938 at Bodji Karkaro/Bila in the Wallaga Zome of Oromia. His father, Tumsa Silga, and his mother, Nasise Chiracho, died while he was very young and so he was raised by his elder brother, Gudina Tumsa. He had one sister, Rahel, and two brothers, Gudina and Nagassa. Education and political activism Education Tumsa completed primary education and part of his secondary education in the town of Nekemte, Wallaga, and later in Bishoftu, East Shewa. Subsequently, he joined the then Haile Selassie I University in Addis Ababa (Finfinne) and graduated with BSc in Pharmacy, in 1966. Tumsa was mentored and encouraged to study Law by the likes of Dhinsa Lepisa, and Baqala Nadhi (both ...
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Gudina Tumsa
Gudina Tumsa (Bodji, Wallaga, Oromia Ethiopia, 1929 – 28 July 1979) was an Ethiopian theologian and General Secretary of the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus. He helped form the Council for Cooperation of Churches in Ethiopia, an ecumenical council, and was elected its first chairman.Jodock, DarrellGudina Tumsa Awarded the Christus Lux Mundi Luther Seminary Story Magazine, Third Quarter, 2004. Retrieved on 13 February 2013. Tumsa “gave his church a decisive push towards independence in theological thought and church practice”,Eide, Øyvind. Revolution and Religion in Ethiopia: Growth and Persecution of the Mekane Yesus Church, 1974-85'' 2nd ed. Oxford: James Currey, 2000. Print; Urga, Abeneazer G. The Bonhoeffer of Africa: Rev. Gudina Tumsa's Life, Theological Emphases and Contributions to the Ethiopian Church' (Ethiopian Theologians and Their Contributions) (Volume 1). 2018. Print; Deressa, Samuel Yonas and Hinlicky Wilson (eds.). The Life, Works, and Witness of Ts ...
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