Ethiopian jazz musician Mulatu Astatke smiled as he held his arms aloft to acknowledge his audience for the last time. Last ...

The Ethiopian kids learning English via grunge music are back again, and this time they’re covering Nirvana (marble-mouthed frontman and all). Check out the kids covering “Smells Like Teen Spirit” as ...

Fifteen first-graders encircled one of their classmates on a colorful rug in a Maryland classroom, trilling a children’s song in a language unfamiliar to most of them. Ro-za ro-zeenuh, ro-za shuko-ree ...

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 ...

Falcetto was a promoter of music when he first heard Ethiopian music in 1984. As he explained when I met him, “A friend of mine was a stage manager for a theatre troupe who had been touring Africa and ...