Asfen Gezahagni: Awres

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The music of Ethiopia is extremely diverse, with each of Ethiopia's ethnic groups being associated with unique sounds. Some forms of traditional music are strongly influenced by folk music from elsewhere in the Horn of Africa, especially Somalia. However, Ethiopian religious music also has an ancient Christian element, traced to Yared, who lived during the reign of Gabra Masqal. In northeastern Ethiopia, in Wollo, a Muslim musical form called manzuma developed. Sung in Amharic, manzuma has spread toHarar and Jimma, where it is now sung in the Oromo language. In the Ethiopian Highlands, traditional secular music is played by itinerant musicians called azmaris, who are regarded with both suspicion and respect in Ethiopian society.

Currently the most prominent Ethiopian singer internationally is Gigi. Through her performing with top jazz musicians like Bill Laswell (who is also her husband) and Herbie Hancock, Gigi has brought Ethiopian music to popular attention, especially in the United States, where she now lives.
Other popular performers include Tewodros Tadesse,Teddy Afro, Neway Debebe, Tadesse Alemu, Hamelmal Abate, Martha Ashagari, Yohannes Berhanu, Kuku Sebsebe, Aster Aweke, and Manalemosh Dibo. Neway was very popular among the youth of the 1980s and early 1990s with such songs as "Yetekemt Abeba", "Metekatun Ateye", "Safsaf" and "Gedam", amongst others. Also now Jerry, Betty, Tigist, TG, Tamarat and Abeba Desaligni Eden Asfaw kidane selassi germay sofia jonny efram haile

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  • Ethiopia

  • from 1871 to present time no Tembien Tigrayans Ethiopians or Enderta Tigrayans Ethiopians or Agew and Lasta,Gojam,Gonder Ethiopians people ever associated with Ethiopia's enemies ever

  • Instead of Seyoum agame asked to the Europeans people to respect the Geneva convention agreement was signed in 1864 for war victims people to give what is fair

  • That it is not all even the English man by the name of Welde Augustus put it in his book in 1902 that agame's people are nothing but sroundrel or villain people and that was then in just 100 years later which it is in 2002 western's calender the Tesfa Gaddis' grand's son so called Seyoum Mesfin agame went to the Europe with his master Eritrean's people hero Meles mama boy and kissed to the others Eritreans] ass' men in the Geneva Europe instead of asking for his agame people's right

  • and also in Tigray we have the families of villain or scroundrel people so called Agame's Tigray which are the families of EPRP Memembers like Tesfayi Debesay, he who was trained by the Midde Easterns' Arabs people with his 12 EPRP memebers but the one died on the road before they reached to the Amountain of Asemba Agame'as district just like thier grandfahters Mr traitor Tesfaddis Agame he who was serving for behalf of Italian's General Bari teri from 1885 to 1897 for the sake of candy bar

  • Note we are not a city's rat  living like in Bombastic rhetoric or jingoistict threat but instead we our people of action at the geobattlefield and thanks the Orthodox christians believers' mighty God which is Jesus Christ,Saint Mary the Hly across with 12 disciples and of course with 3 billion christians followers world wide

  • And there is more from me that even our Tembien's name says all who we are period take for example this guy name so called Asfew Gezahagni meaning = Asfew means make it widen and Gaza hagni means ruled them and last but not least AWRES means changed it if you do not like it or them and of course we did since 1871 to Feb 1999 at Badme Shire Tigray Ethiopia

  • Because iam a histrorian person if Greek man in Europe does not like be lead by the rest of Europeans' people except by his Greeces' men/women then so do I, that iam the descendant of King Ezana he who was Godlike orthodox christians' people's king sincce first century to Emperor Yohanness IV and Ras Alula and Ras woldeselassie of Enderta tp present time therefore I,refused not be lead by Adewa's moron and Incompetent men as well as by thier parents so called Mennilk's militaries's childen

  • Remember there was/is no a single Tembein Tigrayan's Ethiopian person ever associated with Traitors from 1871 to present

  • Note iam simply make my life a simple person but proud as high as sky

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