Dafaa Jammoo, Bibliography

(1) Sources

1.1 Published sources

Dafaa Jammoo. Huursaa [ሁርሳ, The Hursa River (at Aira)]. Addis Ababa 1977 [1969 A.M.; book includes traditional songs] [View online]

⸻. Aada Oromoo Wallagga [_ _ _, The culture of the Wallaga-Oromo]. Addis Ababa 1982 [1974 A.M.]

⸻. Gumbii oduu [_ _ _, Reservoir of Stories], vol. 1. Addis Ababa 1975 A.M.

⸻. Kuusaa sagalee Oromoo [_ _ _, Dictionary of the Oromo language]. Addis Ababa 1980 A.M.

⸻. Saffuu biya keesaa [_ _ _, Cultural values of the country]. Addis Ababa 1991 [1983 A.M.]

⸻. Amala waaqeeffannaa saba Oromoo [_ _ _, Worship customs of the Oromo people]. Addis Ababa 1994 A.M.

1.2 Manuscripts
1.2.1 ELM Archives, Hermannsburg

Dafaa Jammoo. “Gott gebühren alle Ehren” [All honours are due to God] and “Der wahre Weg” [The true way]. Hymns translated by Dietrich Wassmann and put into rhymed song form by Theodor Werner. [Read online]

⸻. Seenaa German Hermannsburg missiyoon [_ _ _, History of the German Hermannsburg Mission]. Manuscript, n.d. [Ref. Code: ?]

  • Cf. Reports of the Annual Missionary Conference in 1968/69 [Ref. Code: AE 2 – 2.103]

⸻. Seenaa Qes Dafaa Jammoo [_ _ _, History of Qes Dafaa Ǧammoo]. Manuscript, n.d. [Ref. Code: ?]

⸻. Letters and Speeches. [Ref. Codes: AE 1 – 1.24, 1.314; AE 2 – 2.3000; AE 4 – 4.33-I]

Grabe, Hermann. “Meine erste Begegnung mit Dafa und seinem Bruder Fajisa. Erzählt nach Aufzeichnungen von Hermann Grabe.” 6 pages. [Ref. Code: AEA 1 – 1.24]

Kumera Gemtesa. Qes Daffa Djammo: The Man and His Ministry. BTh thesis submitted to Mekane Yesus Seminary. Addis Ababa, 1990. [Ref. Code: AE 4 – 4.33-II]

1.2.2 Unknown location

Dafaa Jammoo. Gumbii oduu [_ _ _, Reservoir of stories], vol. 2. Manuscript, 1982 A.M.

⸻. Me Wallaggaan hubanna! [_ _ _, Let us understand Wallagga]. Manuscript, n.d.

⸻. Yo yaadatani nama dinzeeqa! [_ _ _, Think of it and marvel!]. Manuscript, n.d.


(2) Secondary Sources

2.1 Encyclopedic articles

Bauerochse, Ernst. “Dafaa Ǧammoo,” in Encyclopaedia Aethiopica, vol. 2, edited by Siegbert Uhlig, p. 56. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 2005.

Dirshaye Menberu. “Jammo, Daffa,” [Online] Dictionary of African Christian Biography, 2004. [View online]

  • Mainly based on Mesfin Kumera, 2003 (see secondary literature below).
2.2 Other secondary literature

Arén, Gustav. Envoys of the Gospel in Ethiopia: In the Steps of the Evangelical Pioneers 1898‒1936. Stockholm: EFS förlaget; Addis Ababa: The [Ethiopian] Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, 1999.

  • See chapter 8: “A Dream Came True – The Legacy of Louis Harms 1928-1936” [View online]

Bauerochse, Ernst. Zum Hirten berufen. Hermannsburg: Missionshandlung, 1959. [42 pages]

⸻. Ihr Ziel war das Oromoland: Die Anfänge der Hermannsburger Mission in Äthiopien. Münster: Lit, 2006. [See index, p. 396]

Kanatu Karorsa. Rev. Daffa Jammo and I: The Reminiscence of Our Lives in My Own Words. Meadville, PA: Christian Faith Publishing, 2024. [Amazon.com]

Mesfin Kumera. “Brief Biographical Profile of Kes Daffa Jammo.” Student paper written at the Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology (EGST), Addis Ababa, 2003.

Pankhurst, Sylvia. Ethiopia: A Cultural History. Woodford Green: Lalibela House, 1955.

  • For duplicating machines and printing presses, see p. 523‒27.

Schendel, Gunther. ” ‘Our Pastor Daffa Djammo’: The European Visit of an Ethiopian Church Leader (1952) – A Case Study on Networks and Religous Transfer During the Time of the ‘Missiological Aggiornamento’ after World War II,” in Investigations on the “Entangled History” of Colonialism and Mission in a New Perspective (20th Ludwig Harms Symposium), edited by Moritz Fischer and Michael Thiel, p. 77‒94. Berlin and Münster: Lit, 2022. [Google Books]

Tsion Dafaa. Dafaa Jammoo [working title]. Forthcoming book.

Wassmann, Dietrich. Der Durchbruch des Evangeliums im Gallaland. Hermannburg: Missionshandlung, 1948 [See p. 42‒60]

⸻. Der Ziegenjunge von Aira [The Goat Herder of Aira]. 1st edition. Hermannsburg: Missionshandlung Hermannsburg, 1947.

  • 6th ed., Hermannsburg 1965.
2.3 Internet resources

Samuel Daffa and Negash Qement. “Barsiisaa amantii, barreeessaa hog-barruu, hakiima,…: Luba Dafaa Jamoo,” Article on BBC Afaan Oromoo, 3 Muddee (December) 2024 A.D.