Were & Wilson 1984 p61 "The Oromo traditional political structure was connected with an age-set system which was based on ten groups. Once Oromo Boys started training as warriors at an early age and carried the warriors' spears and shields in Every Oromo man who can afford to buy a horse is a warrior; and each warrior armed, sallies forth daily to protect his crops or his castle. When the cry resounds that the enemy is in sight, those who have lingered at home fling themselves into the saddle, a