Teddy Afro's concert in Addis Ababa & "Libi Tigray"

Thousands of Ethiopians attended the latest incredible concert by the popular Ethiopian singer Teddy Afro but Tigrayans were reminded of the tense ethno-political situation in the country with an earful of ethnic slurs from TRUE ETHIOPIANS.
Teddy, whose real name is Tewodros Kassahun, was freed from prison in August after an Ethiopian court reduced his six year sentence. He performed his first concert since his release from Prison at Addis Ababa Stadium on October 11 despite remaining one of the main voices of the Ethiopian people. Yet, Many Ethiopians believe the government has warned Teddy from singing some of his songs with political messages.
Despite the remarkable performance, some true Ethiopians were disappointed that Teddy skipped his famous song "Jah yasteseryal," which criticizes the current government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. When the crowd asked him to sing the song, he said "leave that one alone" Esune Tewute in the local Amharic language.
In addition to the tens of thousands of Ethiopians who overwhelmed the aging stadium in the capital, several Americans, Jamaicans, Europeans and other foreigners attended the concert. Nationwide, the most fans came from Awassa, Jimma, Adama, Bahir Dar, Dire Dawa and Bishoftu. Teddy, also said all of the profit from his concert will be donated to Ethiopian NGOs and causes to help street children in the country.
However, the concert did not end without incidents, as TRUE ETHIOPIANS showed their opposition to the government's main supporters in the crowd from the northern ethnic Tigray region of Ethiopia. Most notably, TRUE ETHIOPIANS got louder when Teddy sang a modified version of the Amharic song "Hageren Alresam" by artist Neway Debebe, which honors the Gonder, Gojam, Sidama, Oromo, Tigray and other people of Ethiopia to promote ethnic unity. The emotional crowd however changed the lyrics to politics when Teddy's song mentioned about the Tigray people. Teddy managed to maneuver the crowd and he later said "Don't hate anyone, win with love" to his fans, adding "God will bless Ethiopia."
Even though Teddy Afro quickly overpowered and drowned the ethno-political tension to pacify the crowd, It is not the first time such incidents of ethnic slurs have occurred in Addis Ababa. Last year, Ethiopian sport competitions between the various regional states were disrupted by ethnic slurs against teams and players from Tigray. The Addis Ababa crowd often supported Benishangul, SNNPR, Oromia, Amhara and other state teams whenever they played against Tigray state sport teams.
Many people in Ethiopia oppose the political and economic domination of the country by some members of the Tigray community, led by the famous E.F.F.O.R.T. business empire of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) ruling party. This has sometimes led to some resentment against ethnic Tigray people in the country.
During the preparations for the concert this past Sunday, the government media gave limited coverage to the event. Over two years ago near the Ethiopian Millennium celebrations, Teddy performed at the stadium in Jimma town of southwestern Ethiopia after the government denied him a concert at the main Addis Ababa stadium.
According to inside sources, Teddy is expected to have other concerts soon at Dubai, Frankfurt, Italy and then in several cities in the United States before he comes back for another one in Ethiopia near the Christmas holiday.

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[kingofadwa]

why r you remove ethionZ...comment ?cuz he told you the True....@ LibiTigray Gummama!! HAmasenay!

[LibiTigray]

Stupid Agame; I don't remove comments. Your friend Agamin0z deleted his own comment coz he was ashamed of what he wrote. But, I don't blame you, you are too stupid to realize that ...LoL...

FYI: You wouldn't see his name on this page if I was to remove his comment.

Mote Le Woyanewoch!!!

Ethiopia 4Everrrrrrrr!!!

...LoL...

[natidani2000]

dame ass motherfuckers.

[LibiTigray]

Get ready for that piano wire around your neck!!!

Death To Dirty EVIL Agames!!!

Ethiopia 4Everrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

...LoL...

[LibiTigray]

History repeats itself...,

"After the battle of Adawa many Tigray officials betrayed the central government of Ethiopia and conspired with Italians, the people in Addis Ababa used derogatory words against Tigrayans (like dirty Agame lol ) in Addis, upset by these , Emperor Minilik warned the public by a decree not to insult any person from Tigray. "

~Paulos Gnogno - 'Atse Menilik'

[LibiTigray]

Like they say: those who don't learn from the mistakes of the past are destined to repeat them. And dirty Agames are doing exactly that...,

Death To Dirty Evil Agames!!!!

[yoniii]

Melese Zenawi is transforming Ethiopia to Somalia with his ethnic bullshit politics.

Our northern brothers will suffer from the politics Melese is using, I hope Tigray people stand up soon against this Melese pig before it's too late.

[ZeEthiopia]

Bilatenaw eats my heart, he is not singing, he's lamenting for millions of Ethiopians who are the second citizens in their own Land whilst the few TPLF-Adwa origin gangsters and their little cronies amassing wealth and looting the cream of cream from the country and nation they deplorablly HATE....zemene tegelabixosh yemotelish qerto yegedelesh bela..Teddy after all that hardship they put him through he still preach LOVE, peace n UNITY..has political correctness gone mad????!!

[selameberhan]

I thought the song is all about not hating any body regardless of their ethnic origin. What is all the rant by some here????

[nebiyu91]

Fikir ena selam lehulachin(Ertrian,Ethiopian all over the world)

[hagmes]

Best Music but Remeber Eritrea is independent country for ever with its two ports and precious society. We all love Ethiopian people. Please Tedy afro we love ur music , but stop dreaming and foolishing Ethiopian people for engulfing Eritrea. Because u know Semien yehde aymelesim silu Enatachu mnalbat ante tut tteba neber atawkim;

[hagmes]

Best Music but Remeber Eritrea is independent country for ever with its two ports and precious society. We all love Ethiopian people. Please Tedy afro we love ur music , but stop dreaming and foolishing Ethiopian people for engulfing Eritrea. Because u know Semien yehde aymelesim silu Enatachu mnalbat ante tut tteba neber atawkim;

[hagmes]

U Beloved Ethiopians, are u still using Ethiopian Map of Haileslasie & Derg, please wakeup; Eritrea is Back to the owners after our long and bitter strugle with ur old tyrany governments. Teddy afro we love ur songs. We all love you Ethiopians.

[mcjuice]

fuc all u amhara oromo bitches ethiopia is poor ok including tigray woyane staying in power for ever yall bitches cant do shit besides protest in the west we fought for this shit and we aint giving it up without a fight

[proudtigrean]

Libi tigray is the again returned Amichee(anseba hamaseensdeported from ethiopia) sent by shabiya to ignite ethinic war in ethiopia and as a result , the current sing poor eritrea will be singapoor. amazing Anseba hamassen dreams!!!

[proudtigrean]

libi tigray is among the anseba hamassens left over from his brothers 'Amiches' (hamassen ansebas deported from ethiopia during ethio-eritrea war). he pretends to be ethiopian.

Death to all anseba hamassens!!!

[flishnatale]

Libi Tigray your comment is disgusting. Dont try to devide Ethiopia. We are all one from North to south, west and east. May be you have a mission from Shabia but dont waste your time, the Ethiopian people knows everthing and we will be together for ever.

Bushti Shabia.