Home›Sources›Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanitySourcesGada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityCitation FormatsGeneral ReferenceGeneral Reference Citation TextDivinity Atlas. "Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gada-system-an-indigenous-democratic-socio-political-system-of-the-oromo-unesco-representative-list-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanity.Copy General ReferenceAPA StyleAPA Style Citation TextDivinity Atlas. (n.d.). Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gada-system-an-indigenous-democratic-socio-political-system-of-the-oromo-unesco-representative-list-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanityCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{divinityatlas-gada-system-an-indigenous-democratic-soc, author = {Divinity Atlas}, title = {Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity}, year = {2026}, url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/sources/gada-system-an-indigenous-democratic-socio-political-system-of-the-oromo-unesco-representative-list-of-the-intangible-cultural-heritage-of-humanity}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXThis is not a separate work: it is UNESCO's own inscription record for the Gada system of the Oromo, one entry in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, the same continuously maintained official register this atlas also records as a general source. It descends from that register rather than standing beside it, so citing this entry alongside the general Representative List record, or alongside another of its entries, is one institutional voice, not corroboration. Its real limit is the register's own limit: an official designation record produced by the Intergovernmental Committee for the purpose of recognition and safeguarding, not a religiously neutral scholarly ethnography. Use it for this practice's inscription status, inscription year and the Committee's own stated description of it; a claim about its deeper history or meaning needs a source produced outside UNESCO.FactsCross-Tradition ConnectionsClaims Backed By This Source (20 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsAssessmentReliability TierWell-attested1This is UNESCO's own inscription record for the Gada system in the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, an official designation record from the Intergovernmental Committee, treated at the top tier for that institutional designation, notwithstanding that a claim about deeper history or meaning needs a source produced outside UNESCO.NotesWell-attestedUNESCO's own Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity entry for the Gada system of the Oromo (inscribed 2016); an official heritage-listing record, not a scholarly ethnographic study.CitationAuthorWell-attestedUNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural HeritagePublisherWell-attestedUNESCOPublication YearWell-attested2016URLWell-attestedhttps://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01164Source TypeWell-attestedHeritage bodyCross-Tradition ConnectionsDerived FromUNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, Sources Well-attested ConnectedThis record's own Title names the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity as the register it is entered under, and its Author names the Committee or UNESCO itself rather than an individual scholar; one entry inside that same continuously maintained official register, not a witness independent of it.Source Gada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityUNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritagetier 1Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 14 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 connected. Plus 4 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicSources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 connected.Religions, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.Practices, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.Cultures, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.Regions, 1 claims: 1 general references.Well-attested14ArticlesGadaa, the Qaalluu and IrreechaCulturesOromoPracticesGada SystemReligionsWaaqeffannaSourcesGada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityScholarly debate1ReligionsWaaqeffannaConnected1SourcesGada system, an indigenous democratic socio-political system of the Oromo, UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of HumanityGeneral References4CulturesOromoPracticesGada SystemRegionsEast AfricaReligionsWaaqeffannaComments (0)No comments yet. 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