Frère Jacques, frère Jacques, Dormez-vous? Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matines! Sonnez les matines! Din, dan, don. Din, dan, don. Frère Jacques, French Version
Are you sleeping, are you sleeping Brother [...]

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Adugna is an Ethiopian word of Oromo origin that means “wealth” or “world”, but I think new meanings should be added, like “potential”, “transformation”, “hope”, among others. Why I say that? Because Adugna is the name of an Ethiopian Dance Company based in Addis Ababa, but it’s special one, since its performers come [...]

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“…The land is fertile, and we have allIt was because there was no lovethat we are punished by hunger and can’t surviveBut if we stand together and work hardIt will not be long before Ethiopia becomes powerful again
Revenge is not good – EmamaIt will disconnect us from God in the endAbyssinia - EmamaLiving together in [...]

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One of the things we bought in Addis in December was some Ethiopian music CDs. One of the drivers from the Guest House, Wendi, was always playing music in the car while he was driving us around town. One of his favorites was Eyob Mekonen.We never heard of this artist before and we ended [...]

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