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Hachalu composed and wrote most of the lyrics of his first album while he was in prison. The album, Sanyii Mootii, was released in 2009.In 2013, he toured the United States and released his second album, Waa'ee Keenyaa, which was the #1 best-selling African music album on Amazon Music. [4]
Shantam Shubisa (born Mohamed Ibrahim Waday; 25 December 1949) is an Ethiopian composer, singer and poet. [1] He was born in Dire Dawa, Ethiopia.Along with musicians such as Ali Birra, Shantam Shubissa is regarded as one of Oromian significant contributors to music during the late 20th century [2]
The killing of Hachalu Hundessa, an Oromo musician and civil rights activist on 29 June 2020, sent shock waves of anger, resentment, and frustration throughout Ethiopia. Following his death, protesters took to the streets in the Oromia region and the capital Addis Ababa on 30 June 2020 to express their grievance and to demand justice for the ...
Hailu Mergia was born in 1946 in the Shewa Province of the Ethiopian Empire and moved to Addis Ababa at age 10. [2] He grew up on traditional Oromo, Amhara and Tigrinya songbook melodies, and taught himself the accordion at age 14. [3]
This was followed by mass violence following the assassination of an ethnic Oromo singer, Hachalu Hundessa, [121] in 2020. Although the ethnic origin of the shooter was not disclosed at the time of the attack, Oromo youth mobilized and started to attack Amhara civilians blaming them for the death of the singer - demonstrating pre-meditated and ...
Dawit Nega (Tigrinya: ዳዊት ነጋ; 11 April 1988 – 12 June 2022) [2] was an Ethiopian singer whose prominence raised popularity of Tigrigna music. His songs were singled out at having a distinctive voice.
It is fully owned by the Ethiopian government. Its programming includes news, sport, music and other entertainment. The majority of the programming is broadcast in Amharic, official languages of Ethiopia. [5] Some news segments are broadcast in other languages, such as Oromo, Somali, Tigrinya, Afar, and English. [6]
Elias Melka Geresu ኤሊያስ መልካ ገረሱ (10 December 1977 – 4 October 2019) was an Ethiopian record producer and songwriter. Elias became popular after successfully composing Teddy Afro's debut album Abugida, which was released in 2001.