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The Hager Fikir Theatre (Amharic: ሃገር ፍቅር ቲያትር) is a theatre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. One of the oldest and foremost theatre in Ethiopian history, it served as a multipurpose venue for artistic performances over half decades. [1]
The begena, (Amharic: በገና) is a ten-stringed box-lyre instrument from Ethiopia, and is the sole melodic instrument devoted only to the zema, the spiritual part of Ethiopian music. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Etymology and origin
Mengistu was born in Harar, to Aleqa Lemma Hailu and Wro Abebech Yilma.After undertaking traditional religious studies at the Tiqo Mekane Selassie church where his father was Aleqa (a title given to church leaders), he moved to the capital Addis Ababa due to the transfer of his father to the Qatchane Medhane'alem Church.
Abe Gubegna (Amharic: አቤ ጉበኛ; 1 July 1933 – 10 February 1980) was an Ethiopian novelist, playwright and poet. He published eight novels, five plays, three collections of poetry, and translated several biographies of world leaders as well as other works. Abe mainly wrote in Amharic, but two of his books were written in English.
This play, written in dramatic verse, was first published as a book in Ethiopia. "Astyages the cruel leader" Gibreab's first book published. This is an incomplete list of plays written by Gibreab: "Life Potion" (Amharic: የሞት መዳኒት) 1948 (the oldest recorded theater written, dramatic verse)
Amharic is an Afro-Asiatic language of the Southwest Semitic group and is related to Geʽez, or Ethiopic, the liturgical language of the Ethiopian Orthodox church; Amharic is written in a slightly modified form of the alphabet used for writing the Geʽez language. There are 34 basic characters, each of which has seven forms depending on which ...
A third play, The Oda Oak Oracle, a tragedy about Ethiopian country life, also enjoyed great popularity, both in Ethiopia and abroad. Besides these compositions, Gabre-Medhin translated Shakespeare ( Hamlet and Othello being the most popular of these works and directed by Abate Mekuria ), as well as Molière 's Tartuffe and Le Médecin malgré ...
Tizita songs are a popular music genre in Ethiopia and Eritrea.It's named after the Tizita Qañat mode/scale used in such songs. [1] Tizita is known for strongly moving listener's feelings not only among the Amhara, but a large number of Ethiopians, in general.