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Mulatu Astatke
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Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (ፅጌ ማርያም ገብሩ), born Yewubdar Gebru , Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, December 12, 1923, was an Ethiopian pianist and co… read moreEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (ፅጌ ማርያም ገብሩ), born Yewubdar Gebru , Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, December 12, 1923, was an Ethiopian pianist and composer. Young Yewubdar secretly fled Addis Abeba at the age of 19 to enter the Guishen Mariam mon… read moreEmahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou (ፅጌ ማርያም ገብሩ), born Yewubdar Gebru , Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, December 12, 1923, was an Ethiopian pianist and composer. Young Yewubdar secretly fled Addis Abeba at the age of 19 to enter the Guishen Mariam monastery in the Wello region, she had once before visited with… read more -
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Fela Kuti
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