Greetings from the Institute of Sidama Studies (IoSS) of Hawassa University. IoSS was established in July 2020 upon the approval of the Hawassa University Senate. The mandate of the institute is to provide Sidama-related research, education, and publication; to promote culture and indigenous knowledge, and to enable language development as well as to establish library and documentation services. Cognizant of the fact that many universities in Ethiopia are making progress in documenting, promoting, and advancing the culture and local knowledge of the...