Senior research and teaching fellow, Department of Geography, University of Zurich Music has played a key role in the Oromo resistance movement. As is the case in many other societies – especially ...

Ilana Webster-Kogen receives funding from the Jewish Music Institute. Anyone who steps into the public sphere in Ethiopia is also a potential political leader. In this atmosphere, an outspoken ...

I speak to myself whisperingOur situation has defied resolution, our misery isn't improvingWe are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the ...

Drake released three tracks on an Instagram account named @plottttwistttttt. On Tuesday, August 6, 2024, the musician promoted the profile on his own Instagram story. One of the three songs he ...

We are in despair and idling, that is why I am whispering. So sings Haacaaluu Hundeessaa to his people, the Oromo, in the song Waa’ee Keenya (Our struggle), calling on them to take action against ...

In Ethiopia, journalists and bloggers have long been subjected to imprisonment and terrorism charges, but musicians have been relatively free — until recently. Over the past year, what activists call ...

Firaol Ajema and his friends, dressed in black T-shirts, have been meeting each afternoon in recent days to listen to the music of Ethiopian pop star Hachalu Hundessa, also known as Haacaaluu ...

On a windy Saturday afternoon at a small Petworth cafe, Taha Tuko orders a round of celebratory macchiatos for three of his countrymen and tells them their 38-year armed struggle for secession from ...

In Memoriam for the great Oromo artist, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, assassinated on June 30, 2020. Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating ‘the Oromo question’.

A rally was held in St. Paul Sunday night to bring attention to human rights violations in Ethiopia after a prominent singer and activist was killed in his home country last week, triggering protests ...

The Oromo are the largest ethno-national group in Ethiopia, accounting for over 40 million people or more than one-third of the population. However, they have been politically oppressed, economically ...