The performance of Ethiopian minstrels (azmari) in the Gondar area of Northern Ethiopia can be seen in various social settings including life cycle celebrations, annual events of the Ethiopian ...

Yoseph Gedefaw is an Azmari, a traditional musician and singer of song-stories, who lives in Birbuax, Gondar in Ethiopia. He leaves his village to meet other Azmaris in the capital, Addis Ababa, where ...

Weh-weh, weh-weh, goes the azmari on his masenko. The Amharic word azmari comes from the word azemere, which means singing (for God). In fact the masenko was used in the time of St. Yared, the famous ...

Addis Ababa (AFP) – A beloved monument to Ethiopia's traditional cabaret culture, the historic nightclub Fendika is running on borrowed time, having just escaped demolition. Two decades earlier, ...