Mainstream rappers embrace the country’s dominant language while trying not to upset the government By James Jeffrey ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian rapper DJ Same took out a smartphone and played a clip of a man proclaiming passionately in a traditional Amharic style called fukera, used during feudal militaristic times to rouse the populace to
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In Ethiopia, a forward-thinking network of artists are uniting traditional folk and chopped-up beats with whatever equipment they can get their hands on. By Huw Oliver, The Guardian In downtown Addis Ababa, most nightclubs have a disappointingly generic, western playlist. But on the outskirts of the Ethiopian capital, you’ll discover a throng of exciting local
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Amhara people cultural songs የዐምሃራ የባህል ዜማ: http://youtu.be/nUrSHzL8dU0
Mulatu Astatke, seen as the father of Ethio-jazz, performs at African Jazz Village, which opened in late 2013. CreditNichole Sobecki for The New York Times By RACHEL B. DOYLE On a recent Sunday evening, a stylish audience in their 20s packed Mama’s Kitchen, a wood-and-glass lounge on the fourth floor of an otherwise closed shopping
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Mulatu Astatke, seen as the father of Ethio-jazz, performs at African Jazz Village, which opened in late 2013. CreditNichole Sobecki for The New York Times By RACHEL B. DOYLE On a recent Sunday evening, a stylish audience in their 20s packed Mama’s Kitchen, a wood-and-glass lounge on the fourth floor of an otherwise closed shopping
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(CNN) — You’d expect a conversation with Mulatu Astake to be about music. He is, after all, the father of a musical genre: Ethio-jazz. But when he talks about the art form, he tends to focus on its scientific merits. “When you start talking about jazz, they’re usually telling us that Africans contributed to the
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The Guardian Ethiopian tuning, Latin rhythms, the wah-wah pedal – ahead of a festival of African culture, Richard Williams hails a composer who likes to mix it up. Mulatu Astatke on stage at the Big Chill festival, Herefordshire, in 2011. Photograph: Andy Sheppard/Redferns Everybody knows that Ethiopian jazz is the only kind worth listening to
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