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Alemayehu Eshete

Alemayehu Eshete

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  • Born: 1947
  • Died:1969
  • Years Active: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s

Biography

Despite a 1948 Imperial edict banning the distribution of Ethiopian pop music, Amha Eshete launched a record label, Amha Records, and released 103 singles and a dozen albums by Ethiopian artists between 1969 and 1975. In addition to making Ethiopian music known throughout the world, Eshete helped to spark a modern period of creativity in his homeland. During an interview in the early-1990s, Eshete said, "I had a gut feeling that it was the right thing to do. I took the risk.". The governmental resistance against Eshete's efforts proved ultimately insurmountable. By the mid-1990s, Eshete had emigrated to the United States.
— Craig Harris , All Music Guide

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Various Artists - Buda / Ethiopiques, Mahmoud Ahmed, Mulatu Astatke / The Heliocentrics

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