Mulatu Astatke musics Hollywood movie to Apple iphone X
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Ethiopian Musicians Charged With Terrorism for ‘Inciting’ Song Lyrics
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Zeritu Kebede and Joss Stone hold concert
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Teddy Afro, Ethiopia’s biggest pop star: ‘Because of our government, our country is divided’
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Hailu Mergia: the Ethiopian jazz legend who jams in his taxi
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Akon in Ethiopia to mark 122nd anniversary of Battle of Adwa
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የአዲስ አበባ አስተዳደር የእውቁን ድምጻዊ ሃጫሉ ሁንዴሳን የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርት አገደ
በቅርቡ ጅራ የተሰኘ ነጠላ ዜማውን የለቀቀውና በአሁኑ ወቅት በኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ካሉ ምርጥ ድምጻውያን መካከል በቀዳሚዎቹ መካከል ስሙ የሚጠራው ሃጫሉ ሁንዴሳ በአዲስ አበባ ሊያደርገው የነበረው የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርት ልክ እንደ ቴዲ...
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