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Since the mid-16th century, several states emerged among the Highland East Cushitic peoples, including Hadiya, Kambata, and Sidama, characterized by the Sera-Woma system of governance. This system is based on unwritten cultural norms called sera, which guide communal social structures and are consultative in nature, with woma (king) as the highest authority. The political landscape of Hadiya evolved significantly during the 16th and 17th centuries due to conflicts with the Christian kingdom and the Oromo population movement, leading to the establishment of elected leadership positions within their traditional administrative framework.

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Since the mid-16th century, several states emerged among the Highland East Cushitic peoples, including Hadiya, Kambata, and Sidama, characterized by the Sera-Woma system of governance. This system is based on unwritten cultural norms called sera, which guide communal social structures and are consultative in nature, with woma (king) as the highest authority. The political landscape of Hadiya evolved significantly during the 16th and 17th centuries due to conflicts with the Christian kingdom and the Oromo population movement, leading to the establishment of elected leadership positions within their traditional administrative framework.

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• Cushitic States and Peoples under Sera-Woma system Since the mid-16th century, several states

emerged by the people who belong to the “Highland East Cushitic” languages. These include: Hadiya,
Kambata, Sidama, Tambaro, Kabena, Halaba, Gedeo, Konso and Burji. Due to the relative freedom
from the domination of the three forces: the Christina Kingdom, the sultanate of Adal and the
Oromo Population movement, they all developed largely similar traditional political structures. For
example, a web of relations has traditionally been ruled by the sera among these peoples. Sera
tradition is a set of local cultural norms regulating the communal social structure. It may be seen as
an unwritten law. It is not a codified body of rules but several sets of norms. Hence, during the
execution of sera, reference cannot be made to specific articles. The entire implementation of sera is
consultative and compromise-oriented that influenced by circumstances as the elders see fit. In their
traditional administrative system, woma (king) is the height of authority. The administrative system
of the Hadiya was called Sera. Hadiya constituted one of the important Muslim states during the
13th-16th centuries. In the 16th century, the wars of Imam Ahmed and the Oromo population
movement transformed the territorial, Brainstorming • What do you know about Sera-Woma
system?  Unit 8| Political, Social and Economic Processes in Ethiopia Mid- 16th to Mid- 19th C. 161
social and political landscape of Hadiya. During the wars of Imam Ahmed, the rulers of Hadiya joined
the Imam and remained active participants in the empire until the Imam’s downfall. During the 17th
century, Hadiya was confronted with the Christian kingdom. The political and social transformation
of the 16th and 17th centuries seems to have led to the traditional administrative system called
Sera. In Hadiya, the traditional administrative system leadership position were all elected officers.

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