Ethiopia News » Addis Ababa News Ethiopia » Addis Ababa » Music: The Midnight Synthesizer: How Teddy Mak’s Curfew-Era Defiance Rewrote the Sound of Ethiopia
News channel or source: https://www.thereporterethiopia.com/51889/
Published on: Friday 17 July 2026
At the center of this midnight rebellion was Teodros Mekonnen—known to the world as Teddy Mak—hunched over his keys, coaxing futuristic, electronic sounds out of the dark. Today, electronic production ...
News Ethiopia » Addis Ababa » Music: Ethiopia’s capital is a showcase for its leader’s ambition
News channel or source: https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/08/16/ethiopias-capital-is-a-showcase-for-its-leaders-ambition
Published on: Monday 15 August 2022
To walk among the happy throngs in Sheger Park, Addis Ababa’s newest and glitziest public space, is to encounter an idealised vision of Ethiopia’s future. Gentle piano music wafts through the air.
News Ethiopia » Addis Ababa » Music: Ethiopia's Music of Resistance Stays Strong, Despite Repression
News channel or source: https://globalvoices.org/2017/07/19/ethiopias-music-of-resistance-stays-strong-despite-repression/
Published on: Wednesday 19 July 2017
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 ...