November 16, 2023
Ethiopia: Universal Music Group, Ethiopia's Sewasew Multimedia Sign First-of-Its-Kind Distribution Agreement.
Addis Abeba - Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, and Sewasew Multimedia, Ethiopia's leading music and Entertainment Company, today… Read more »
August 19, 2023
Ethiopia: 'I Want to Bring to the World Borana's Cultural Music in a Modern Way' - Kuul Surre
Addisalem Tibebe, a.k.a Kuul Surre, was born and grew up in the Borena zone of Oromia region, in an area called Arero, where his parents also grew up. He attended his elementary… Read more »
November 16, 2022
Ethiopia: Up-and-Coming Oromo Singer Goes Missing From Police Custody
Oromo singer Damiso Mosissa has gone missing after spending more than a year in police custody, a family member told Addis Standard, adding that his families were unofficially… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Ethiopia: Legendary Artist Ali Birra Laid to Rest in His Birth City Dire Dawa
Legendary musician, singer and song writer Ali Mohammed Musa a.k.a. Ali Birra has been laid to rest in his birth city of Dire Dawa, after a send off ceremony in Addis Abeba. Read more »
November 07, 2022
Ethiopia: 'Ali Is a Teacher of Oromumma' - Lemma Megersa's Tribute to the Late Ali Birra
Lemma Megersa (PhD), former minister of defence and president of the Oromia Region of Ethiopia expressed his sadness over the death of Artist Ali Mohammed Birra, in a tribute sent… Read more »
Ethiopia: Becoming Ali Birra: the Rise From 'The Little Teacher' to a Giant Music Legend
Who is Ali Birra? Read more »
Ethiopia: In Memoriam - Ali Mohammed Bira: Life, Liberty, Legend
In July 2012, I visited Ali Mohammed Bira, a pioneer Oromo music artist--singer, composer, and poet--who essentially reinvented Oromo music, in his home in Pickering, Ontario. Ali… Read more »
June 23, 2015
Ethiopia: The Poetics and Politics of Oromo Resistance
Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating 'the Oromo question'. Read more »