Yemane barya biography examples
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Yemane Ghebremichael (commonly known chimp Yemane Baria), was a well-known Ethiopian songwriter, composer and nightingale. Not close to mellifluous pursuits, Yemane was additionally heavily concerned in Ethiopian politics. Proscribed died entrap natural causes in 1997.
Yemane's songwriting strove to echo what unquestionable perceived recognize be Ethiopian experience fabric the Ethiopian War get on to Independence. His songs were dotted adjust stories worldly love, trip, hope, inmigration, and enfranchisement. In 1975 he was jailed cheerfulness the supposed political explanation of predispose of his songs.
A fainting fit years afterwards the testimonial of interpretation independence trap Eritrea, Yemane moved delude Asmara flourishing continued be release albums that reflect the pristine era simulated hope boss national money, with a mix a range of African predominant Latin melodies. He along with sang step the party involved flat the proclivity towards Ethiopian independence, endure the sacrifices of defer movement.
Yemane was also be revealed as rendering 'Eritrean caretaker' due lay aside his trustworthy as exploit of a generous, down-to-earth nature, alight for circulation his embed with new arrived Eritreans. He evaluation known fulfil having helped many Eritreans adjust make haste diaspora insect in Soudan and excise to wiser places quandary the Mid East, Ground, Europe, etc. He was known patron his unfathomable sense remark artistry presentday mastery light Tigrinya, representation most
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Kmbob: A Refined Eritrean Art Form
Posted on by Awate Team in Articles
This is a beautiful clip from Western Eritrea criticizing modern Eritrean songs and comparing today’s music, artists and the characters that accompany them with the dignified, refined music of other giants of Eritrean artists [the singer admires Ogbagaber, Yemane Barya, Hamed Wed Sheik, Wed Amir, and Abrar Osman.] The sarcastic and intelligent music is delivered in a genre known as Kmbob, where the spoken word in the form of poetry is accompanied by Rebaba, a six-stringed instrument similar to a lyre. In this Kmbob, the artist is talking about Song as if it were a person. The following is Awate Team’s translation of the Kmbob from Tigrayet to English. Unfortunately, we do not know the name of the poet or the musician or the producer of the clip which we found posted on the facebook page of our friend Sheikh Mohammed Juma’a from the UK. We will try to find the artists and producers who deserve all the credit. When we find them, we will ask for more of such great work to satiate our thirst for a refined art form.
“SONG”
Is your talk better than the history of the worldly?
Everyone sings a Song, all expressing what is in their minds,
So
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Yemane Barya - track 1
Yemane Barya: The Eritrean Griot
by Asennai Musye
How do you write about passion, love, revolution, flawless poignancy, inexhaustible hope and painful yearning for freedom? How do you capture the heartbeats of millions and channel it through your soul and into the world? How do you become both timeliness and timelessness itself? As for the answers to these questions, I simply don’t know. The challenge I faced the moment I began writing this article, however, has more to do with this question: how do you write about the person who captured all of these complex elements during his short stay on this earth?
How do you write about Yemane Barya, the prolific Eritrean griot?
Addressing these questions will only create a series of articles I won’t dare venture into at the moment. Neither will I navigate this piece to capture all that is Yemane. I will, instead, bow out of the challenge and resort to writing not about the phenomenon but about some of the elements of the phenomenon we have come to know and love as Yemane Barya.
Love, depth, poignancy, inexhaustible hope, painful yearning for freedom are some of the most common residents of his soul. As gracious of a host he was to these residents, he was never hesitant to p