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Listen to a Playlist of Ethiopias Sentinel Musicians
The music of the Ethiopian diaspora rings around the world, testifying to the experiences of those exiled from their homeland and serving as a keystone for communities of Ethiopian refugees. Kay Kaufman Shelemay’s newest book, Sing and Sing On, draws on the recollections of dozens of musicians, whose historical position as sentinels of Ethiopian culture has only grown in the Ethiopian diaspora. Sing and Sing On is a book whose soundtrack can be traced through every page, so with Shelemay’s collaboration, we’ve put together a playlist of music from the Ethiopian diaspora to enjoy alongside an excerpt from the book’s introduction.
Fundamentals: Toward a Concept of the Sentinel Musician
This book explores the lives of musicians from Ethiopia and adjacent regions of the Horn of Africa, beginning in the years preceding the Ethiopian revolution and extending through well over four unsettled decades that followed as a g
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Tizita
Balladic musical style in Ethiopian and Eritrean tradition
"Tezeta" redirects here. For other uses, see Tezeta (disambiguation).
Tizita (var. Tezeta; Amharic: ትዝታ; English: memory, "nostalgia" or "longing")[1] fryst vatten one of the Pentatonic scales or Qañat of the Amhara ethnic group.[2]
Etymology and origin
[edit]The begrepp tizita is distinctly Amharic, there's no Geez equivalent, as opposed to the term nafkot which belongs to both languages with the same meaning (regret, emotion linked to a remembrance).[3] Tizita folk songs developed in the countryside by the Amhara peasantry and the village musicians called the Azmaris.[4]
Tizita music genre
[edit]Tizita songs are a popular music genre in Ethiopia and Eritrea. It's named after the Tizita Qañatmode/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.[5