Jul. 8—WORTHINGTON — This year's International Festival will feature a brand new music act that will do its best to cover as many of the 80-plus Ethiopian cultures as possible. The Ahndenet — or Unity ...

Ethiopians are experiencing a dire moment. They face escalating violence and a worsening humanitarian crisis, and many live in fear of giving voice to their political thoughts. But the African country ...

Left: Ayalew Mesfin [Photo by Hannah Brooks]. Right: Hailu Mergia [Photo courtesy of the artist] For many people outside of the Habesha community, their first experience with Ethiopian music came from ...

The Oromo are the largest ethno-national group in Ethiopia, accounting for over 40 million people or more than one-third of the population. However, they have been politically oppressed, economically ...

While journalists and bloggers remain the primary targets of state repression in Ethiopia, musicians that don't jive with state propaganda also take the heat. Two other Oromo singers, who asked to ...

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 ...

Note: This article was originally published in April 2005. It was created at a time when African music was on the cusp of becoming an increasingly large part of the Western pop culture landscape.

Seven producers and performers of a popular YouTube music video were charged in Ethiopia in late June with terrorism for producing ‘inciting’ audio-visual materials and ‘uploading them on YouTube’.

Ethiopia's most popular musician Teddy Afro recently released a song criticizing the country's prime minister. And while the singer never mentions the prime minister by name, the implication is clear.