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WHEN PEOPLE TALK about Mahmoud Ahmed, there are typically three prevailing descriptions: legendary, a national treasure, and the godfather of Ethiopian music. Yonnas Yilma breaks it down in terms any ...

He became a swaggering star in the late 1960s, when Addis Ababa experienced a golden age of night life and music. Decades later, he was rediscovered. By Alex Vadukul Alemayehu Eshete, a soulful ...

Senior research and teaching fellow, Department of Geography, University of Zurich Music has played a key role in the Oromo resistance movement. As is the case in many other societies – especially ...

The compositions of Emahoy Tsegué-Mariam Guebrù who was in near seclusion for nearly 30 years have been discovered by an Israeli pianist, who describes them as a "strange combination of classical, ...

Legendary Ethiopian singer Alemayehu Eshete, 80, died in Addis Ababa on Thursday. Nicknamed "the Ethiopian Elvis", the musician died of a heart attack shortly after he was admitted to hospital, ...

Ethiopia is one of Africa's larger digital markets with lots of unrealized potential. Recent political changes mean that may slowly begin to change. Russell Southwood spoke to Beakal Tekola, ...