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Getachew Alemu
EDITOR IN CHIEF

Aklile Tsige Recognizing Legends
CONSULTANCY
Gone are those days when we used to go to music
Zeima Ahmed shops to buy newly released music albums recorded
STAFF WRITERS by very few music recorders mainly based in the
capital Addis Ababa.
Mekonnen Hailu
The most popular music shops that had been
Ketema Kebede engaged in recording and distributing albums in the
70’s, 80’s and 90’s included Tango Music Shops of
Chacha Keifa Records, Electra, Ambassel, Ethio, Genet, and
Hiwot Salelew Harambe music shops, among others.

Teshome Fantahun The role of these recorders in the country’s music
development had undoubtedly been very significant;
REPORTER many vocalists who had gone through lots of ups
Josephine Wawira and downs to appear before the public with their
Kamba Anthony own artistic pieces still extend their appreciation,
recognition and gratitude to those recorders.
Joseph Oduha
Designer Ali Abdela Keifa aka Ali Tango is amongst these
recorders who spent most of their lives unleashing the
Daniel Tiruheh potential of young and talented Ethiopian vocalists.
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This time around it has become a promising culture
Sol Image to recognize and acknowledge heroes and heroines
Web Admin who have contributed a lot to various socio-economic
changes throughout the country.
Rahel Tesfaye
Distribution Indeed, good deeds and kindness pay back; Ali
Tango is now a living witness to learn that people can
Hailu Abesse reap what they sow; Ethiopia has got many legends
Partners in all walks of life; they need to be remembered
Ethiopia Culture And Tourism and honored for their longstanding contribution to
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Ali Tango:

Father of Vocalists

One of the popular music recorders in the heart of the capital Addis Ababa was Keifa Records of Ali
Abdela Keifa aka Ali Tango who had helped several Ethiopian young and talented vocalists unleash their
potential. Ali had produced LPs and cassettes of famous singers like Tilahun Gessesse, Muluken Melesse,
Hirut Bekele, Bizunesh Bekele, Ali Bira, Getachew Kassa, Getachew Gadissa and Aselefech Ashine. He
also did record and distribute the first and consecutive albums of renowned artists like Aster Awoke,
Hamelmal Abate, Neway Debebe, Aster Kebede, Hibist Tiruneh and many more vocalists.

ABN Edito-in-Chief AklileTsige speaks to Ali Abdela Keifa who has been in the US for about 23 years and
got back home a few months ago.Aklile, moreover, presents voices of different Ethiopian singers and a
French music promoter Francis Falceto on Ali’s professional career and personality.

June 19, 1942 .Jimma town of the ancient King Jifar located in South-West of Ethiopia. An Ethiopian
mother from the Oromo community and a Yemeni father gave birth to a baby boy named Ali Abdela Keifa.

The little boy left Jimma and moved to the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa where he lived at the village
called ‘Talian Sefer’. Ali was sent to Yemen community school to study Arabic language. After completing
his Arabic study he joined Menelik II School. Ali was found of playing football and was good at defending
and striking. His excellent performance had led him to play for a locally established football club-Mesfin
Harar Football club and Menilik II School Football club.

The young football player, Ali had also the opportunity to play for the then famous football club-Saint
George football club. “I just recall St. George’s football players like Fiseha Woldeamanuel, Netsere,
Zewdie …err- Mengistu Worku and Shewangzaw joined the club when I was about to leave the club.” Ali
said.

Although Ali didn’t play for the Ethiopian National Football Team, he managed to train his younger
brother, Ahmed Buker who was a popular and good football player of the then Ethiopian National Football
Team.

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“It’s really unforgettable Sol Image
that my mom has sold her
golden belt so that I could Abyssinia Business Nework ልዩ እትም 2012 Special Edition 2020
start a business of my
”own.

Ali

and
Business

The 14-year-old Ali joined the business Photo by Ethiopiques
world when his step-father used to
send him coffee from Jimma to Addis Realizing that the person was unable to
Ababa. Ali was running this business give the 3,000 back, Ali negotiated to
for several years before he kicked off his own one of the three shops, which had
own business. His mother’s amazing and been known as Calypso Music Shop. He
wonderful sacrifice to help Ali start his owned it, paying additional 3,000 birr,
own business has rarely been unheard and renamed it, Tango Music Shop.
of. “It’s really unforgettable that my
mom has sold her golden belt so that I After having taken Calypso Music Shop,
could start a business of my own.” Ali he discovered various LPS of English,
recalled. Italian and French languages. This was a
moment that instigated Ali to take part in
With the start-up capital his mother had the music recording business.
given, Ali embarked on importing and
distributing solely canvas shoes branded Once upon a time Ali paid a visit to
‘Chipolini from the then Asmara Wabi Shebele Hotel where Getachew
province to Addis Ababa. Kassa was playing his song entitled
‘tizita’ translated as nostalgia-a song that
After having been sole distributor of this switches from slow beat to fast beat. Ali
famous product for about six years, Ali was highly impressed by the spectators
changed his business to an agent for the shouting ‘once again!’ ‘once again!’.
distribution of Sony products such as This was also another moment that
radio, tape recorder, television and Sony motivated Ali to whole heartedly get into
cassettes. music recording.

While trading these Sony products Ali
was operating on a recorder with reel
tape and cassette player. Once upon
a time someone has asked Ali to sell
the recorder for 3,000 birr credit, and
Ali said ok. Nevertheless, the person
was not willing to pay back his debt.
Fortunately, Ali who was aware of the
person’s address went to one of the
shops the person was running.

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Although Ali wanted to record Getachew’s Ali’s first recording came with Ali had produced mesmerizing
music, Getachew had already signed an a vocalist named Alemayehu hits of vocalists and helped
agreement with Amha Eshete of Amha Borebor whose album entitled them be popular and lovable.
Records to record his debut under the title “belaya belaya” was recorded Queen of Soul Music Aster
‘tizita’. Ali made attempts to persuade with LP-Ali them kept on Aweke, is amongst those
Getachew Kassa to come to terms with his recording greatest hits of various musicians.
provided that Amha would not record the male and female vocalists,
music. However, as per the agreement he including Getachew Kassa, One sunny day in the
had made with Amha Records, Getachew Seyoum Gebreyes, Muluken afternoon Ali was recording
managed to have his album recorded and Melesse, many more singers. instrumental music played
released. by Walias Band. The music
composer proposed the
importance of three female
vocalists featuring in between
the melodies and rhythms.
Hence, some people brought
Aster Aweke to studio where
Ali was recording.

Photo by Ethiopiques Photo by Ethiopiques

Kaifarecording

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While Ali was recording the “Many poems and lyrics and get her with
instrumental music entitled ‘Che’ vocalists Wubishet Fiseha. He then availed
belew’, he has identified unique voice requested me a studio at her residence located
that would be on the top of Ethiopia’s at Addis Ababa Bole so that both
music history, voice that many love- for album vocalists could exercise and do
birds meditate with and voice that hits recording so rehearsal for nearly eight months.
the global music arena. He anticipated that they could Unlike the first album, Aster
that this girl would be one of the most be famous and Aweke’s second album jointly
popular vocalists both at home and voiced with Wubshet Fiseha and
overseas. He wanted her to work with ”popular produced by Keifa Records had
him, and she happily accepted Ali’s received good appreciation and
request. Ali and Aster then signed popularity among listeners.
an agreement that the latter should With the unlimited business deal,
closely work with the former for Ali could manage to produce
unlimited time. five consecutive albums of Aster
Aweke. Unexpectedly Aster turned
Although Keifa Records produced her back to Ali Tango and moved
Aster’s first debut entitled “እትቱ to Electra Music Shop without the
በረዳኝ”, it had not been successful consent of Ali Abdela.
and popular. Realizing the failure,
Aster Aweke decided not to keep “Aster, you signed a long-term
signing. Nevertheless, Ali had tried agreement with me. Why do you
to rise up her spirit and motivate for a now refuse to work with me? I
go-ahead. He managed to gather better asked her. But she was not willing
to be positive with me. So I had
torn the paper in front of her, and
said you can go!” Good Luck! She
then became very popular both at
home and at the international level.
We never met. She never called
me.” Ali lamented.

Ali Tango has also produced
six songs of the late vocalist
honorable Tilahun Gessesse with
three separate LPS. He, moreover,
produced albums of Bizunesh
Bekele, Hirut Bekele, Alemayehu
Eshete, Hailu disassa, Gemechu
Etana, Ali Birra and many more,
putting them in the top list of
Ethiopian music history.

getting Image There was a vocalist who was
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standing at the gate of Tango
Music Shop and holding and old

getting Image

hand bag. This man had spent Ali Birra’s debut distributed by parts of the country, including
his childhood playing songs Keifa Records gained incredible Jimma, Gojam, Gondar and Addis
with locally formed music band recognition and popularity. As a Ababa.
Afrenkelo in Dire Dawa. He’s still result, it was distributed to various
famous for introducing Oromo
music. Ali Birra.

Once upon a morning Ali Abedela getting Image
Keifa called the man who was
usually standing at the gate of
Tango Music Shop, and told him
that music in Oromiffaa was not
hot cake like Amharic music,
otherwise, he would go bankrupt.
After repeated coaxing, Ali Birra
managed to convince Ali Keifa
to accept his request. Then Ali
Birra gave Ali Tango the master
album which he fully completed
the composition done by different
music players. Ali duplicated
and distributed Ali Birra’s
debut includes songs entitled
‘Amalelele...”, “Eshururu” and
“Eyadini”.

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“Many vocalists requested me for
album recording so that they could be
famous and popular. But I declined
for he or she is naïve and unfit to
make album. Then they kept saying
that they didn’t want money for their
work; they wished to receive visa from
embassies because most of vocalists
who had worked with me have got
visas and left for USA and Canada.”
Ali Keifa stated.

Ali came to get acquainted with Neway
Debebe when he was wondering to
know the writer of “finchitua” album
of vocalist Tsehaye Yohannes. Ali
then learnt that the Song writer of the
album was Neway Debebe, Tsehaye’s
colleague at Ras Theatre.

Heading directly to Ras Theatre, Ali
met Neway Debebe and asked

“Why did you sell such a wonderful getting Image decision. Ali has quickly introduced
music to your friend?” Neway to Roha Bank, and began
“No! He’s my friend. I sold it for I him that he had decided to record exercise. However, Neway couldn’t
was in trouble.” his music. be compatible with Roha Bank. He
“What do you do now? Are you a made them annoyed, distributed and
vocalist or a song writer?” “How much shall I pay for your tired for he didn’t have experience
“I am both a writer and singer.” music?” with modern music band.
“What do you sing about?” “Of course, other recorders
“Sir! I do have ten songs which I proposed 1,000 birr, so you pay Ali and Dawit Yifru of the Roha Bank
have kept for four years. I talked to me 1,000 birr.” had managed to split Neway’s original
many producers, but all refused to “I won’t give you 1,000 birr. I song entitled “Eshet Belahugn” into
record my music, saying I have got a will pay you 5,000 birr” said Ali. “Eshet Belahugn” and “Yetkimt
very low pitch voice and cannot play
love songs.” Neway was overwhelmed by Ali’s

Ali asked Neway to give him his
works which were composed with
traditional musical instruments.
Ali has taken Neway’s cassette to
his home and attentively listened
to it. Having been impressed by the
music Ali anticipated how beautiful,
soothing and wonderful this music
would be when composed by Roha
Band. Ali then met Neway and told

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Regarding Hibist Tiruneh Ali
said the following:

getting Image “Hibist first came to me when
she was 13 with a friend of
her brother, who pointed out
that I had produced music for
many singers and helped them
became popular. He reiterated
that Hibist was blessed with
wonderful voice. But I asked
them whether that very young
girl could sing love song or not.
In another day her father came
and begged me to unleash his
daughter’s potential and talent.
When he told me that her name
is Hibist, I wanted to know the
meaning of her name. He told
me that Hibist means bread,
and she remained his bread, his
hope and vision. Then I had to
record her debut and distribute
across the country. I made her
population, and left my country
later.”

Abeba”. Still the training continued, readiness to pay them additional After having contributed
but Neway made members of the 5,000 birr from the previously significantly to the country’s
band get bored and angry since agreed similar payment. music development father of
he was unable to go in line with vocalists in Ethiopia, Ali Abdela
the rhythms and beats of the band. Neway’s debuted was released Keifa faced life in convenience
Neway had also got frustrated and following an exhausting effort in the mid 1990’s. This led him
decided to run way. exerted by Ali Keifa. Significant to leave the country and the
number of music shops in Addis profession he loved.
“Ali, I better stop doing the music.” Ababa began to flock to Tango
“Why?” Music Shop to buy and distribute Ali, this time round, doesn’t
“I cannot cope up with the Roha the album, which unexpectedly have the will to divulge the
Band.” gained popularity all over the pressure that made him go into
“No! You can! There’s nothing country. Neway Debebe has become exile in the USA. He prefers
impossible. You just get on to my very famous and joined Ethiopian to remain silent regarding this
car!” celebrities list. issue. However, the insiders
have partially disclosed that Ali
Neway and Ali headed to Roha Ali had produced Neway’s second was unexpectedly compelled to
Bank Studio. Ali told members and third albums entitled “Ma’ebel” leave his coffee trading at Jimma
of the band that Neway’s music and “mebreq” consecutively, and due to trade conspiracy, unfair
was good enough to be composed Neway suddenly and unexpectedly trade competition and some sort
and insisted them on playing his left Ali. of security threat against his life.
music. Moreover, he expressed his

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Though Ali has lived in the US as
US citizen, life was not as easy and
comfortable as he had expected earlier.
It was all monotonous, disgusting and
meaningless.

“I have really been in grief and
discomfort for the last 23 years. I was
usually dreaming of combing back home.
The previous Ethiopian government
political system was inconvenient for
me. But now the Administration of Abiy
Ahmed (PhD) appeals to me. I find it a
promising political system, and I got
back home” said Ali.

Ali has got married to his longtime
friend from his birth place, Jimma town,
and becomes a father of a beautiful
son and a daughter. He’s unwilling to
mention anything about his previous
marriage and family affairs.

Today the 77-year-old Ali Abdela Keifa
appears to be a very strong man, elegant
and optimist to carry out activities he
has been anticipating. Although he was
made to leave his homeland, he’s in
love with the country as usual.

“I’m madly in love with my country getting Image Devoted his life for the development
Ethiopia. I paid visits to Europe, United of Ethiopia’s music, young and
States and other countries. I gained US If lucky, Ali wants to resume talented vocalists, executing
citizenship, but I don’t have a country the professional career he gave various social responsibilities, and
I can be interested and happy rather up 23 years back, following supporting different individuals in
than Ethiopia. Nevertheless, I have lost contemporary ways of organizing good and bad times, Ali Abdela
all my properties and belongings that I concerts and technologically-
had kept with my sweat. I’m now empty- backed music production.
handed. I don’t even lose hope…. I have
got a woman who I had taken care of;
her name is Rahel. She has planned to
organize an event on acknowledging,
honoring and recognizing my
contribution to the development of the
country’s music industry. I look forward
to receiving blessing this event would
bring in to me.” Ali stated

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“I’m madly in
love with my
country Ethiopia.
I paid visits to
Europe, United
States and other
countries. I gained
US citizenship,
but I don’t have
a country I can
be interested and
happy rather than

Ethiopia”

Keifa today need the support of his
friends, relatives and colleagues as
well as citizens at large.

Furthermore, he wants to spend the
rest of his life working on his interest
especially music production and
presentation. People both at home
and worldwide would undoubtedly
extend their support to this legend
for it’s our deep-rooted and popular
culture to be a friend in need.

Ali finally expresses his deepest getting Image
gratitude for the following
friends, colleagues and relatives
who managed to organize a
recognition and honorary event for
acknowledging his contribution to
the country’s music development
and for being solid foundation for
most Ethiopian vocalists:

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ዓሊ ታንጎ-የድምጻውያን አባት

እ.ኤ.አ ሰኔ 19 ቀን 1942 ዓ.ም፤
የአባጅፋር ሀገር ጅማ ከተማ፤ የኦሮሞ
ብሄር አባል ከሆኑት ኢትዮጵያዊ እናቱና
ከየመናዊ አባቱ ተወለደ፡ ዓሊ አብደላ
ኬይፋ፡፡ በልጅነቱ ከጅማ ከተማ ወደ
አዲስ አበባ ጣልያን ሰፈር የመጣው
ዓሊ መርካቶ አካባቢ በሚገኘው የመን
ማህበረሰብ ትምህርት ቤት በመግባት
የአረብኛ ቋንቋ መማር ጀመረ፡፡ በዚህ
ት/ቤት ይሰጥ የነበረውን ትምህርት
ካጠናቀቀ በኋላ ዳግማዊ ምንሊክ
ትምህርት ቤት ገባ፡፡ ከልጅነቱ ጀምሮ
እግር ኳስ መጫወት በጣም ይወድ
ነበርና ለትምህርት ቤቱና ሀረር መስፍን
ተብሎ ይጠራ ለነበረ የእግር ኳስ ቡድን፤
በመቀጠልም በጊዜው ተወዳጅና ታዋቂ
ለነበረው ለቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ የእግር ኳስ
ቡድን ተሰልፎ ተጫውቷል፡፡

“እኔ በተጫወትኩበት የቀድሞው የቅዱስ
ጊዮርጊስ እግር ኳስ ቡድን ተጫዋቾች
መካከል አሁን የማስታውሳቸው ፍስሀ ወ
አማኑኤል፣ነጸረ፣ ዘውዴ … እ … እ
… መንግስቱ ወርቁና ሸዋንግዛው እኔ
ክለቡን ከለቀቅኩ በኋላ ነው
የተቀላቀሉት፡፡” ሲል ያስታውሳል ፡፡
ዓሊ ከቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ እግር ኳስ ቡድን
ከለቀቀ በኋላ ታዋቂ የኢትዮጵያ እግር
ኳስ ብሄራዊ ቡድን ተጫዋች የነበረውን
ታናሽ ወንድሙ አህመድ ቡከርን እግር
ኳስ ያሰለጥነው ነበር፡፡

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ዓሊና ቢዝነስ

ዓሊ ገና የ14 ዓመት ታዳጊ እያለ ነበር የእንጀራ “የራሴን ብር ከፍሎ ካሊኘሶ ሙዚቃ ቤትን ወደ ታንጐ
አባቱ ከጅማ ከተማ ወደ አዲስ አበባ ቡና ሙዚቃ ቤት በመለወጥ የእራሱ አደረገው፡፡
እየላኩለት ይሸጥ የነበረው ፡ ታዳጊው ዓሊም ንግድ ስራ
ለበርካታ ጊዜያት የቡና ንግዱን ካከናወነ ዓሊ ካሊኘሶ ሙዚቃ ቤትን የእራሱ ካደረው
በኋላ የእራሱን ንግድ መጀመር በሚያስብበት በኋላ በሙዚቃ ቤቱ ውስጥ የእግሊዝኛ፣
ጊዜ ወላጅ እናቱ በአስገራሚ ሁኔታ የንግድ ጣልያንኛና የፈረንሣይኛ ሙዚቃ ሸክላዎች
መነሻ ገንዘብ እገዛ እንዴት እንዳደረጉለት ያገኛል፡፡ ይህ አጋጣሚ ዓሊ ወደ ሸክላ መቅረፅ
ሲናገር፡፡ “የራሴን ንግድ ስራ ለመጀመር ሥራ እንዲገባ አነሳሳው፡፡
የቻልኩት ወላጅ እናቴ በወቅቱ የነበራትን
የወርቅ ቀበቶ ሸጣ መነሻ የሚሆነኝን ገንዘብ ለመጀመር ዓሊ ከዕለታት በአንዱ ቀን ወደ ዋቤ ሸበሌ
ስለሰጠችኝ ነው፡፡” ብሏል፡፡ በዚህ ገንዘብ የቻልኩት ሆቴል ለመዝናናት ይሄዳል፡፡ በቦታው ድምፃዊ
ዓሊ ቺፖሊኒ ተብሎ ይታወቅ የነበረ ከአስመራ ወላጅ እናቴ ጌታቸው ካሣ “ትዝታ” የተባለው፣ ከለስላ
ከተማ ወደ አዲስ አበባ የሚመጣ ሸራ ጫማ በወቅቱ /Slow/ /ወደ ፈጣን / / fast / የሚቀየረው
ብቸኛ ወኪል በመሆን ያከፋፍል ነበር፡፡ የነበራትን ዘፈን በቀጥታ / live / ሲጫወት ይመለከተዋል
የወርቅ ፡፡ ታዳሚው ቢስ … ቢስ” ይደገም! እያለ
ዓሊ ለስድስት ዓመታት ያህል ብቸኛ ወኪል ይጮሀል፤ በዚህ ቅጽበት ነበር አሊ አብደላ
በመሆን የቺፖሊኒ ጫማ ሲያከፋፍል ከቆየ ቀበቶ ኬፋይ ወደ ሙዚቃ ዝግጅትና ማሳተም ሥራ
በኋላ የሶኒ /Sony/ ምርት የሆኑ እንደ ሸጣ መነሻ ለመግባት ውሣኔ ላይ የደረሰው፡፡
ሬድዮ፣ቴፕ ሪከርደር፣ቴሌቪዥን፣ የሶኒ
ካሴቶች የመሳሰሉ የተለያዩ ኤሌክትሮኒክስ ዓሊ የጌታቸው ካሣን ሙዚቃ ለማሳተም
ዕቃዎች ማከፋፈል ጀመረ፡፡ በዚህ የሶኒ ቢፈልግም ድምፃዊው ከአምሃ እሸቴ ወይም
ምርቶች ማከፋፈል ሥራ ላይ ተሠማርቶ አምሀ ሪከርድስ ጋር ለመሥራት ስምምነት
በነበረበት ወቅት ዓሊ ሪል ቴኘና ካሴት ላይ መድረሱን ይረዳል፡፡ ሆኖም ግን ዓሊ
የሚያጫውት ሪከርደር ነበረው፡፡ ከዕለታት ተስፋ ሳይቆርጥ “አምሀ ካልሠራልህ እኔ ሱቅ
በአንዱ ቀን አንድ የማይታወቅ ግለሰብ ይህንን አለኝ ፍቃድ አውጥቼ የአንተን ሙዚቃ
ሪከርደር በዱቤ ሸጥልኝ ብሉ ይጠይቀዋል፡፡ አሳትምልሃሁ” ብሎ ለጌታቸው ካሣ ይነግረዋል፡
ዓሊም “ምንም ችግር የለም” በማለት ቴፑን ፡ ጌታቸው በወቅቱ ከዓሊ ጋር ለመሥራት
በ3ዐዐዐ ሺህ ብር/ በዱቤ ይሰጠዋል፡፡ ሆኖም ፍላጐት ቢኖረውም አምሀ ሪከርድስ በቅድሚያ
ግን ግለሰቡ እዳውን ሳይከፍል እልም ብሉ ከእኛ ጋር ውል ስለገባህ ሌላ ቦታ መሄደ
ይጠፋል፡፡ አትችልም ብሎ ሥራውን አሳተመለት፡፡

ከተወሰነ ጊዜያት በኋላ ይህ ዱቤ ሳይከፈል የሚሆነኝን ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ እጅግ በጣም የመሰጠውን
የቀረው ግለሰብ በመሐል ፒያሣ ካሊኘሶ “ትዝታ” የሚለውን የጌታቸው ካሣን አልበም
ሙዚቃ ቤት መጨረሻ ፋሽን እና አንድ
መጽሐፍ ቅዱስ መሸጫ መደብር በአጠቃላይ ማሳተም ባይችልም በሙዚቃ ዝግጅት ሕይወቱ
ሦስት ሱቆች እንዳሉት አሊ በመረዳቱ ወደ
ግለሰቡ ሱቅ ሄዶ እዳውን እንዲከፍለው ገንዘብ የመጀመሪያ የሆኑውን “በላያ በላያ” የሚለውን
ሊጠይቀው ሲሄድ ግለሰቡ እዳውን ለመክፈል የአለማየሁ ቦረቦር ሸክላ ለማሳተምና ለማከፋፈል
ባለመቻሉ ካሊኘስ ሙዜቃ ቤት በሚባለው
የንግድ ቤቱ ተደበቀ፡፡ ተደብቆም አልቀረም ስለሰጠችኝ ችሏል፡፡ ከዚያ በኋላ ዓሊ የሙዜቃ ማሳተም
ከዓሊ ዓይን ለማምለጥ ሳይችል ቀረ፡፡ ሥራውን ተያይዘው ከአለማየሁ ቦረቦር ሸክላ
ከዚያም “ዓሊ ገንዘቡን ለምን አትከፈልም?” በመቀጠል የጌታቸው ካሣ፣ የስዩም ገብረየስ፤
በሎ ቢጠይቀው ግለሰቡም በጊዜው መክፈል
እንደማይችል ይነግረዋል፡፡ ዓሊ ግን “በቃ ”ነው፡፡ የሙሉቀን መለሰና የሌሎች በርካታ ዘፈኞችን
ገንዘቤን መክፈል ካቃተህ ይህንን ሱቅ ገንዘብ ሥራ በሸክላ አሳተመ፡፡
ጨምሬልህ ለእኔ ሰጠኝ!” በማለት 3, ዐዐዐ
ሺህ ብር ጨምሮ በአጠቃላይ ስድስት ሺህ ዓሊ ለበርካታ ድምፃውያን የመጀመሪያ
አልባማቸውን በማሳተም ተወዳጅና ታዋቂ
እንዲሆኑ መሠረት ሆኗቸዋል፡፡ ከነዚህ በርካታ
ድምፃውያን መካከል ተወዳጇ የሶል ንግሥት
አስቴር አወቀ አንዷ ናት፡፡

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ዓሊ በአንድ ወቅት የዋልያስ ባንድ በሙዚያ “አስቴር ከእኔ ጋር እኮ የረጅም ጊዜ ውል ነው ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ ዓሊ ቢራን በአንድ
መሣሪያ ብቻ የተቀነባበረ ሸክላ ለመቅረፅ የተፈራረምሸው፤ አሁን ለምንድነው ከእኔ ወቅት እንዲህ አለው፡፡ “በአሁኑ ጊዜ
ዝግጅት ላይ እንዳለ አጋጣሚ በመሐል ጋር አልሠራም ያልሸው? ብዬ ብጠይቃትም ኦሮሚኛ እንደ አማርኛ ሙዚቃ ገበያ
የሚገባ “ቼ! ባለው!፣ “ቼ! በለው!” የሚል ደስተኛ ባለመሆኗ ውሉን በፊቷ ቀድጄ ላይ አይሸጥም እና ኪሣራ ውስጥ
የሴት ድምፅ በመሐል በመሀል እንዲገባ ሦስት በቃ ሂጂ! ይቅናሽ! አልኳት፤ በቃ ከዚያ እንዳታስገባኝ፡፡” ዓሊ ቢራ ግን ተስፋ
ተቀባይ ሴቶች ይፈለጉ ነበርና አንዷ ሴት በኋላ ተገናኝተን አናውቅም፤ ደውላልኝም አልቆረጥም፤ ዓሊ ኬይፋ ጠዋት ወደ
ተቀባይ አስቴር አወቀ ሆና ዓሊ ሙዚቃውን አታውቅም” ይላል ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ፡፡ ሙዚቃ ቤቱ ሲገባ ዓሊ ቢራ በር ላይ
በሚቀርፅበት ስቱዲዬ ሰዎች ይዘዋት መጡ፡፡ ቆሞ ይጠብቀዋል፡፡ ዓሊ ኬይፋ ግን
ዓሊ ይህን “ቼ! ብለው!” የሚለውን በሙዘቃ ዓሊ የክቡር ዶ/ር ጥላሁን ገሠሠን “የአለፈው በመጨረሻ የዓሊ ቢራን ጥያቄ ተቀብሎ
መሣሪያ የተቀነባበረ አልበም በሚቀርፅበት አልፏልና” ሌሎች አምስት ዘፈኖች በአጠቃለይ “አማሌሌሌ …”፣ “እሹሩሩሩ” እና
ወቅት በኢትዮጵያ የሙዚቃ ታሪክ ትልቅ ቦታ ስድስት ዘፈኖችን የያዙ ሦስት ሸክላዎች “እያዲኒ” የሚሉ ዘፍኖች የተካተቱበትን
ሊይዝ የሚችል፤ ጣፋጭ፣ በርካታ ፍቅረኞች አሳትሞ አከፋፍሏል፡፡ ዓሊ የብዙነሽ በቀለ፣ አሥር ዘፈኖች የያዘ ማስተር ካሴት እራሱ
ሀሴት የሚያደርጉበት፤ የሚቆዝሙበትና የሂሩት በቀለ፣ አለማየሁ እሸቴን፣ ኃይሉ ጣጣውን ጨርሶ ለሕትመት ብቻ ለዓሊ
ፍቅራቸውን የሚያሞቁበት ድምፅ በድንገት ዲሳሳ፣ ገመቹ ኢታና እነ አሊ ቢራ እና አስረክበው፡፡ በኬይፋ ሪከርድስ የታተመው
በጆሮው ተንቆረቆረ፡፡ ይህቺ ሴት ከፍ ያለ የሌሎች የበርካታ ዘፋኞችን ሸክላና ካሴት የዓሊ ቢራ የመጀመሪያ ካሴት በሕዝብ
ደረጃ ትደርሳለች ብሎም አሰበ፣ በሃሣብ ብቻ በማሳተም በሕዝብ ዘንድ ተወዳጅና ታዋቂ ዘንድ ከፍተኛ ተቀባይነት በማግኘቱ
አልቀረበም አልበም ሊያሳትምላትም ውሣኔ እንዲሆኑ በማድረግ የላቀ ድርሻ አለው፡፡ በጅማ፣ በጐጃም፣ በጐንደር፣ በአዲስ
ላይ ደረሰ፡፡ አበባና በሌሎች የሀገሪቱ ክፍለ ሀገራት
ታንጐ ሙዚቃ ቤት በር ላይ አንዲት አሮጌ ተከፋፍሎ ድምፃዊውም ተወዳጅነትና
አስቴርም ዓሊ ያቀረበላትን ጥያቄ በደስታ የእጅ ቦርሣ ይዞ ለበርካታ ጊዜ ደጅ የሚጠና ታዋቂነትን ሊያገኝ ችሏል፡፡
ተቀበለች፤ ለተወሰኑ ዓመታት ከሌላ አሳታሚ አንድ ዘፋኝ ነበረ፡፡ በድሬዳዋ ከተማ
ጋር እንዳትሠራና ከዓሊ ሪከርድስ ጋር ብቻ ከልጅነት ዕድሜው ጀምሮ አፍረንቀሎ “በርካታ ዘፋኞች ወደ እኔ ይመጡና
እንድትሠራ ሁለቱም ውል ተፈራረሙ፡፡ በሚባል የሙዚቃ ቡድን ውስጥ ያደገ፤ ዓሊ እባክህ ጋሽ ዓሊ ካሴት አሳትምልኝ፣
ቢራ፡፡ ታዋቂና ተወዳጅ አድርገኝ ይሉኛል፡
ዓሊ የአስቴር አወቀን የመጀመሪያ የሆነውን
“እትቱ በረደኝ” የሚል ሸክላ ቢያሳትምም
ተቀባይነቱ ብዙም አስደሳች አልነበረም፡፡
አስቴር ይህ ሸክላ በሕዝብ ዘንድ ተወዳጅ
ባለመሆኑ በጣም በማዘኗ በቀጣይ ምንም
ዓይነት የሙዚቃ ሥራ ላለመሥራቱ አስበች፡፡
ሆኖም ግን ዓሊ አስቴርን “አይዞሽ” በማለትና
በማበረታታት፤ የሙዚቃ ግጥምና ዜማ
በማሰባሰብ ከተወዳጅ ድምፃሚ ውብሸት
ፍስሐ ጋራ በመሆን ቦሌ በሚገኘው በዓሊ
ቪላ ቤት አንድ ስቱዲዮ ለመለማመጃ
ሰጥቷቸው ከስምንት ወር በላይ ሙዚቃውን
እንዲያለማመዱ አደረገ፡፡

ለአስቴር አወቀ ሁለተኛ የሆነው ከውብሸት ጋር getting Image
በሕብረት የሰሩት አልበም በኬይፋ ሪከርድስ
ተዘጋጅቶ በታንጐ ሙዚቃ ቤት እንዲከፋፈል
ተደረገ፡፡ ከአስቴር አወቀ ጋር የረጅም
ጊዜ የሥራ ውል ስምምነት የነበረው ዓሊ
የድምፃውያኗን አምስት ተከታታይ ካሴት
ካሳተመና ካከፋፈለ በኋላ በማያውቀው
ምክንያት አስቴር ፊቷን ወደ ኤሌክትራ ሙዜቃ
ቤት አዞረች፡፡

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፡ እኔ ደግሞ ለምን ገና ነህ፤ ገና ነሽ፣ ብዬ Photo by Daniel Tiruneh
ስነግራቸው፤ አይ! እኔ ገንዘብ አልፈልግም አንተ
ጋር የሰሩ ድምፃዊያን በአብዛኛው ቪዛ አግኝተው
ወደ ካናዳና አሜሪካ ሄደዋል፤ እኔም ስራልኝና
ቪዛ ላግኝ ይሉኛል፡፡” ይላል ዓሊ ኬይፋ፡፡

ንዋይ

ዓሊ ንዋይ ደበበን ሊያውቀው የቻለው በወቅቱ
መርካቶ በሚገኘው በራስ ቴአትር ቤት ድምፃዊ
የነበረው ፀሐዬ ዮሐንስ “ፍንጭቷ” የሚለውን
ካሴት በኢትዮ ሙዜቃ ቤት አሳታሚነት ለሕዝብ
ይፋ ባደረገበት ጊዜ በሙዚቃው ውበት በጣም
በመማረኩ የዘፈኖቹ ደራሲ ማን እንደሆነ ሲጠይቅ
ንዋይ ደበበ የሚባል የፀሐዬ የሥራ ባልደረባ
እንደሆነ ለመረዳት ቻለ፡፡ ወዲያውኑ ዓሊ ወደ
ራስ ቴአትር በመሄድ ንዋይ ደበበን ያገኘዋል፡፡

“ለምን ይህን የመሰለ ሙዜቃ ሸጥክለት?” ዓሊ
“አይ! ጓደኛዬ ነው ሲቸግረኝ ሸጥኩለት፡፡” ንዋይ
“አሁን አንተ ምንድነህ? ደራሲ ነህ ወይስ ዘፋኝ?”
ዓሊ “ደራሲም፣ ዘፋኝም ነኝ፡፡” ንዋይ “ምንድነው
የምትዘፈው?” ዓሊ “ጋሼ እኔ ለአራት ዓመት
ያቆየኋቸው አሥር ዘፈኖች አሉኝ፣ በርካታ ሙዚቃ
ቤት ሄጄ አሳትሙልኝ ብዬ በጠይቃቸው ሁሉም
“አንተ ድምፅህ ቀጭን ነው፤ ከአብዮት ዘፈን
ውጪ መዝፈን አትችልም፤ የፍቅር ዘፈን መጫወት
አትችልም ብለው አባረውኛል፡፡ ንዋይ ንዋይ አለኝ
ያለውን በባህላዊ ሙዚቃ መሣሪያ የተቀነባበረ
በካሴት የተቀረፀ ዘፈን ዓሊ ማታ ቤቱ ተረጋግቶ
እንዲያዳምጠው ሰጠው፡፡ ዓሊ ማታ ቤቱ እራቱን
ከበላ በኋላ መኝታ ላይ ጋደም ብሉ ሙዚቃውን
ማዳመጥ ጀመረ፡፡ “የጥቅምት አበባ”፣ “ወንዝ
አፈራሽ” እና ሌሎችን ዘፈኖች በጥሞና ካዳመጠ
በኋላ እጅግ በሙዚቃው ውበትና ቃና ተማረከ፡፡
እነዚህ ዘፈኖች ከሮሃ ባንድ ጋር ሲገናኙ ምን ያህል
ቆንጆና ተወዳጅም ሊሆኑ እንደሚችሉ ለማሰብ
ጊዜ አላባከነም፡፡ ዓሊ በማግሥቱ ንዋይ ደበበን
አገኘውና ሙዚቃውን እንደሚሰራለት አስረዳው፡፡

“አሁን ስንት ነው ለሙዚቃህ የምከፍልህ?”
“ያው …. እንግዲህ ሌሎች 1,ዐዐዐ ብር ነው
ያሉኝ 1000 ብር ስጠኝ፡፡”
“እኔ ግን 1ዐዐዐ ብር አልሰጥህም፤ 5,ዐዐዐ ብር
ነው የምሰጥህ፡፡” አለው በመዚቃው ተደሰተ ፤
ዓሊም ወዲያውኑ ሮሃ ባንድንና ንዋይ ደበበን
አገናኛቸው፡፡ ንዋይና ሮሃ ባንድ ልምምድ ጀመሩ፤
በወቅቱ

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በማለት አባረሩት ፡፡
በዚህ የተማረረው ንዋይ ደበበ ወደ ዓሊ
በመሄድ እያለቀሰ “ጋሼ በቃ እኔ ይህ የካሴት
ሥራ ይቅርብኝ፡፡” አለ፡፡
“ለምን?” ዓሊ
“ ከሮሃ ባንድ ጋር ሙዚቃ
መሥራት አልቻልኩም ፡፡ ”
“አይደለም! ትችላለህ!
የማይቻል ነገር የለም፡፡”
“በል አሁን መኪና ውስጥ ግባ!” ንዋይ
ዓሊ መኪና ውስጥ ከገባ በኋላ አብረው
ወደ ሮሃ ባንድ ስቱዲዩ አቀኑ፡፡ እዛም
እንደደረሱ ዓሊ ለባንዱ ኃላፊዎች የንዋይ
ሙዚቃ ጥሩ በመሆኑ እባካችሁ ተባበሩት፤
እኔ የፈለጋችሁትን ገንዘብ እከፍላለሁ በማለት
ቀድሞ ለባንዱ ሊከፈል ከተስማማው 5,ዐዐዐ
ብር እጥፍ በማድረግ 1ዐ,ዐዐዐ ብር ለመክፍል
በመስማማት ሙዚቃው እንዲሠራ አደረገ፡፡

ከብዙ ልፋትና ድካም በኋላ የንዋይ ደበበ
የመጀመሪያ ካሴት በጥራት ታትሞ ለአድማጭ
መድረስ ችሏል፡፡ በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ ይገኙ
የነበሩ በርካታ የሙዚቃ ቤቶች ወደ ታንጐ
ሙዚቃ ቤት መጐረፍ ጀመሩ፡፡ ባልተጠበቀ
መልኩ በሕዝብ ዘንድ ተወዳጅ የነበረው ይህ
አልበም በመላው ኢትዮጵያ ተዳረሰ፡፡

ንዋይም በሀገር ውስጥና በውጪ ሀገር ታዋቂ
መሆን ቻለ፡፡ ንዋይ ከዓሊ ጋር “ማዕበል”
የሚለውን ሁለተኛ አልበሙን፤ በመቀጠል
“መብረቅ” የተሰኘውን ሦስተኛውን አልበም
ከሠራ በኋላ ዓሊ በማያውቀውና ባላሰበው
ሁኔታ ግንኙነቱን አቋረጠ፡፡

ዓሊ ስለ ህብስት ጥሩነህ ሲናገር እንዲህ ይላል፡

፡ “ህብስት መጀመሪያ ወደ እኔ የመጣችው

የ13 ዓመት ዕድሜ ታዳጊ እያለች ከወንድሟ

getting Image ጓደኛ ጋር ነው፡፡ አንተ በርካታ ድምፃውያንን

“የጥቅምት አበባ” እና “እሸት በላሁኝ” አሳውቀሃልና ይህች ልጅ ጥሩ ድምፅ ስላላት
የተሰኙት ዘፈኖች ንዋይ በመጀመሪያ
በአንድ ግጥምና ዜማ የሰራቸው ነበሩ፡፡ ንዋይ ደበበ ከሮሃ ባንድ ጋር የሙዚቃ እባክህ ካሴት አሳትምላት አሉኝ፡፡ እኔም
ሆኖም ግን ይህን አንድ ዘፈን ዓሊና የሮሃ ሥራው በሚለማመድበት ወቅት ከባንዱ እንዴ! ይህች ልጅ በጣም ህፃን ናት፤ የፍቅር
ባንድ አባል የሆነው ዳዊት ይፍሩ ወደ ጋር መዋሃድ አልቻለም፡፡ አንድ ዘፈን ዘፈን ልትዘፍን ነው ወይስ ሌላ ዘፈን? ብዬ
ሁለት ዘፈኖች ማለትም “የጥቅምት አበባ” ከአራት እስከ አምስት ጊዜ በመደጋገም ስጠይቃቸው፤ ግዴለህም ጥሩ ድምፅ አላት
እና “እሸት በላሁኝ” ወደሚሰኙት ዘፈኖች አሉኝ፡፡
እንዲሠሩ ወሰኑ፡፡ የባንዱን ሙዚቀኞች አሰለቻቸው ፡፡

አደከማቸው፣ አማረራቸው፡፡ በዚህም
የተነሣ “ሂድና ማስንቆህን ተጫወት” በሌላ ጊዜ አባትየው መጥቶ አደራ

20 Abyssinia Business Nework ልዩ እትም 2012 Special Edition 2020

ሰጥቼሀለው፤ ስሟም ህብስት ነው አለኝ፡ “ እኔ ሀገሬ የምደስትበት ሀገር የለም ፡፡ ሆኖም ግን
፡ እኔ ደግሞ ህብስት ማለት ምን ማለት ኢትዮጵያን በጣም ከልጅነት እስከ ጉልምስና ባለው ዕድሜ
ነው? ብዬ ስጠይቀው፤ ህብስት ማለት ነው የምወዳት፤ ያፈራሁትን ሐብትና ንብረት ተቀምቻለሁ፤
ዳቦ ማለት ነው፤ እርሷ ለእኔ ዳቦዬ ናት፤ ድርጅቴ ተወስዷል፤ እኔ አሁን ባዶ እጄን ነው
እኔ ዳቦ የማገኘው በዚህች ልጅ ነው አውሮጳ፣ ያለሁት፤ …. መቼም ብዙ ተስፋ አልቆርጥም
አለኝ፡፡ ያው እኔም የህብስት ጥሩነህን አሜሪካና ሌሎች እዚህ ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ያሳደግኳት፣ ልጄ
የመጀመሪያ አልበም ስኬታማ በሆነ መልኩ የምላት ራሔል እኔ በሙያዬ ላበረከትኩት
አሳትሜና አከፋፍዬ፣ እሷንም ታዋቂና ዓለማትን አስተዋጽኦ የእውቅናና የክብር መርሃ-ግብር
ተወዳጅ አድርጌ ከሀገር ወጣሁ፡፡” ሲል አይቻለሁ፤ አዘጋጅታለች፤ ይህን ተከትሎ የሚመጣ
ትውስታውን ይገልፅል፡፡ የአሜሪካ ዜግነት መልካም አጋጣሚ ካለ እርሱን እጠብቃለሁ፡፡”
አግኝቻለሁ ፡፡ ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ ፡፡
ከወጣትነት ጊዜው ጀምሮ ለበርካታ እንደ ኢትዮጵያ ዓሊ ከተሳካለት የዘመኑን የሙዚቃ እድገትና
ኢትዮጵያዊ ድምፃውያን መሠረት የምደስትበት ሀገር ቴክኖሎጂ ግምት ውስጥ ያስገባ የሙዚቃ
በመሆኑ በርካቶችን በሙያቸው ተወዳጅና የለም ” ዝግጅትና ሕትመት ሥራ ለመቀጠል
ታዋቂ እንዲሆኑ ከፍተኛ ጥረት ያደረገው እንደሚፈልግ ይገልፃል፡፡ በርካታ ኢትዮጵያዊ
ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ በ198ዐዎቹ መጨረሻ መጥቻለሁ፡፡ ብሏል፡፡ ድምፃውያን በሙያቸው ተወዳጅ፤ ታዋቂና
አካባቢ ከዚህ የሙዚቃ አዘጋጅና አሳታሚ ዓሊ ጅማ ከተማ ያውቃት የነበረች የተከበሩ እንዲሆኑ መሠረት የጣለ፤ በርካታ
ሥራ እንዲሸሸ የሚያደርግ አጋጣሚ ፍቅረኛውን ወደ አሜሪካ በመውሰድ ልደት፣ ድግስ፣ ሽኝት፣ ሀዘን፣ ምርቃትና
ተፈጠረ፡፡ የግራ ጐኑ አደረጋት፤ ከእሷም አንድ ሌሎች ማኀበራዊ ኩነቶች ሲያጋጥሙ ምን
ወንድና አንድ ሴት፤ ቆንጆ ቆንጆ ጐደለ? ምን ልጨምር? ምን ችግር አለ?
ዓሊ በዚህ ጉዳይ ላይ “ሆድ ይፍጅው”፣ ልጆች ወልዷል፡፡ በማለት ለወዳጅ ዘመድ፣ ጐረቤትና ጓደኛ
“የቤተሰብ ጉዳይ ነው” ከማለት ውጪ ደራሽ የነበረው ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ ዛሬ ላይ
ዝርዝር ጉዳዩን ለመግለፅ ምንም ዓይነት ዛሬ ላይ የ77 ዓመት ዕድሜ ያለው ዓሊ የወገኖቹን እገዛ ይሻል፡፡ በሙዚቃ ዝግጅትም
ፍላጐት የለውም፡፡ ከታማኝ ምንጮች አብደላ ኬይፋ ጠንካራ መንፈስ ያለው፤ ይሁን በሌላ የሥራ መስክ ተሰማርቶ ቤተሰቡን
መረዳት እንደተቻለው ዓሊ በወቅቱ ወደ ዘናጭ፣ ገና ብዙ መሠራት እችላለሁ ማስተዳደር፣ ቀሪ ጊዜውን በሥራ ላይ
ትውልድ ሀገሩ ጅማ በመሄድ ከወላጆቹ የሚል ወኔ ያለው ሰው ነው፡፡ ምንም ማሳለፍ ይፈልጋል ፡ መቼም ኢትዮጵያውያን
የተከበረውን የቡና እርሻ በማስተዳደር እንኳን ሚስጢራዊ በሆነ ጉዳይ ከሀገሩ ለባለውለታዎች ክብርና ምሥጋና መለገስ፤
ከፍተኛ የቡና ንግድ ሥራ ያከናውን ነበር፡ እንዲወጣ ቢደረግም እርሱ ግን ማን ድጋፍ ማድረግና መተባበር ባህላችን ነውና
፡ ሆኖም ግን የንግድ አሻጥርና የደህንነት እንደ ሀገር ይላል፡፡ ታዋቂው ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ /ዓሊ ታንጐ/
ችግር ዓሊ ከሚወዳት ሀገሩና ከሚወደው ወደ ቀድሞው ክብርና ሞገሱ እንመልሰዋለን
ሙያ ሳይወድ በግድ እንዲለይ “እኔ ሀገሬ ኢትዮጵያን በጣም ነው ፡፡
አድርጓታል፡፡ የምወዳት፤ አውሮጳ፣ አሜሪካና በጥር ወር 2ዐ12 ዓ.ም በአዲስ አበባ ከተማ
ሌሎች ዓለማትን አይቻለሁ፤ የአሜሪካ ሸራተን ሆቴል ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ ለኢትዮጵያ
ዓሊ ከኢትዮጵያ ወጥቶ በሀገረ አሜሪካ ዜግነት አግኝቻለሁ ፡፡ እንደ ኢትዮጵያ ሙዚቃና ሙዚቀኞች እድገትና መሻሻል
መኖር ቢጀምርም ሕይወት እጅግ በጣም ላበረከተው ድርሻ ወዳጅ ዘመዶቹና ጓደኞቹ
አታካች፣ አሰልቺና መራራ ሆኖበት ላዘጋጁለት የእውቅናና የክብር መርሃ- ግብር
ቆይቷል፡፡ መሳካት የበኩላቸውን አስተዋጽኦ ላደረጉት፡-

“እኔ በእውነት 23 ዓመታት በሀዘን 1. ለአቶ አብነት ገ/መስቀል
ላይ ነበርኩ፤ ሁልጊዜ ወደ ሀገር ቤት 2. ለሸራተን አዲስ ሆቴል
እመለሳለሁ ብዬ አስብ ነበር፤ ሆኖም ግን 3. ለሜድሮክ እህት ኩባንያዎች
ቀደም ሲል የነበረው የመንግሥት ሥርዓት 4. ለኤን ኤች ዋይ / NHY /
የማይመቸኝ ስለነበር በዚያው ቀረሁ፤ 5. ለወ/ሮ ራሄል ታደሰ
አሁን ግን ... ያው … የዶ/ር አብይ 6. ለኢትዮ ግሬት ኢንቭስትመንት ሳፖርት
አህመድ አስተዳደር ጥሩ ሆኖ ስላገኘሁት 7.ዝግጅቱን ላዘጋጀው ኮሚቴ አባላት በሙሉ

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የኮሚቴው ሰብሳቢ
መልዕክት

በቢዝነስ ማኔጅመንት የሁለተኛ ዲግሪዬን ሰርቻለሁ፡፡የስራ
አመራር አቅሜንም ለማሳደግ ዘወትር አጫጭር ስልጠናዎችን
እወስዳልሁ፡፡ከሜድሮክ ኢትዮጵያ ካምፓኒዎች በአንዱ በስራ
አስኪያጅነት ካካበትኩት የስራ ልምድ በተጨማሪ በማሕበራዊ
ጉዳዮች ዙሪያ በንቃት በመሳተፍ ለተቸገሩ መድረስ የሀገር
ባለውለታዎችን ማክበር ማለት ራስን፣ቤተሰብን፣ሀገርንና
ህዝብን ማክበርና መውደድ እንደሆነ ስለምገነዘብ ከመደበኛ
የቀን ተቀን ስራዬ ባልተናነሰ ትኩረት ሰጥቼ የማከናውነው
ተግባር ነው፡፡

ለዚህም ነው አሊ አብደላ /አሊ ታንጎ/ ከ23 ዓመታት የውጭ
ሀገር ቆይታ/ስደት በኋላ ወደ ሀገሩ ሲመለስ እንደ ቤተሰብ
እንኳን ደህና መጣህ ብቻ ብሎ በመቀበል ባለመሆኑ በኢትዮጵያ
ሙዚቃ ታሪክ ውስጥ ያሳረፈውን ደማቅ አሻራ የሚመጥን
የምስጋናና የእውቅና መድረክ ለማዘጋጀት በራሴ ኃላፊነቱን
በመውሰድ የተንቀሳቀስኩት፡፡

“ይገባዎታል!”

“ይገባዎታል!” በሚል መሪ ቃል አሊ አብደላን/አሊ ታንጎ
/ ከአድናቂዎቻቸውና ከሙያ ፍሬዎቻቸው ጋር ማክበርና
ለማመስገን የታቀደውን መድረክ ለማዘጋጀት የነበረው ውጣ
ውረድ አድካሚ የነበረ ቢሆንም ፍሬው ጣፋጭ እንዲሆን
በረዳኝ ፈጣሪ ስም ፊተኞችን ማክበር ለመጪው መሠረት
መጣል እንደሆነ ተገንዝበው በገንዘብና በዓይነት ከፍተኛ ድጋፍ
ላደረጉል የሜድሮክ ኢትዮጵያ እህት ኩባንያዎች፣ ዓላማውን
በመደገፍ ፕሮግራሙ እንዲሳካ ጊዜያቸውን፣ ጉልበታቸውንና
እውቀታቸውን ሳይሰስቱ ላገዙኝ ቤተሰቦቼ ወዳጆቼና ጓደኞቼ
እንዲሁም የኮሚቴ አባላት የሆኑትን
ቴድሮስ ተስፋዬ
ሸዊት ወ/ሚካኤል
ሙሉብርሃን ወንድሜነህ
ታዬ ወ/ሩፋኤል
ሜላት በላቸው
ፉአድ መሃመድ እና በጽሁፍ ስራ ያገዘችን መሰረት ፍቅሬ
በልዑል እግዚአብሄር ስም ምስጋናዬን አቀርባለሁ ፡፡

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Francis

Falceto

It was in April 1985, late in the Photo by Ethiopiques
afternoon that I went to Tango Music
Shop the only address I knew in For Falceto, it has been a Regarding Ali’s contribution to
Ethiopia from the back cover of KF 20 lifetime’s passion since he Ethiopian music,Francis noted
LP album entitled “Mahmoud Ahmed first heard a Mahmoud Ahmed thatwhen he met him firstin the
with the Ibex Band”. Ali was in the recording in 1984 while working mid-80’s , Ali was simply the king
shop. He understood immediately who as a concert promoter in Poitiers. of Ethiopian music producers
I am, and why I came to Ethiopia: To He was soon making regular a sharp talent scout, a pivotal
meet and invite Mahmoud to perform trips to Addis Ababa, tracking actor in the country’s music
in Europe. After a brief introduction, down master tapes from the most scene, ingenious, obsessed with
Ali invited me to his home. We spoke important labels and producers technological innovation.
the whole night.No sleep at all, till the of the music’s ‘Golden Age’
sunrise. A great gorgeous meeting, in the 60s and 70s. From the He had produced some of the
talking, passionately about Ethiopian programming and remastering greatest hits of major artists like
music development and export, and to Buda Musique’s packaging, Ali Birra (Who was promoting
dreaming of a similar future that presentation and attention to Oromo music then), Bezunesh
reggae music was facing worldwide. detail, new standards have been Bekele, Alemayehu Eshete,
When Francis Falceto curated the set and made Éthiopiques the Ayalew Mesfin, Muluken
first volume in the Éthiopiques series ultimate brand in crate-digging Mellesse, not to mention
on the Buda Musique label in 1997, excellence. Mahmoud Ahmed’s historic “Ere
most of us knew very little about
Ethiopian music. In the two decades
that have followed, Falceto has single-
handedly been responsible for putting
Ethiopia on the world music map as
our appreciation of artists such as
Mahmoud Ahmed, Mulatu Astatke
and Tilahun Gessesse has grown along
with the series of releases.

Falceto released the 30th volume
by Girma Bèyènè & Akalé Wubé
(reviewed in #127) – and the impact of
Éthiopiques has extended far beyond
the core world music audience - Jim
Jarmusch used a track for the title
music of his movie Broken Flowers
and the likes of Jamie Cullum, Robert
Plant, Brian Eno, Simon Reeve and
David Harrington all selected music
from the series for their Songlines
playlists.

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Mela Mela” album the very one that had Washington DC the following confronted with much too often.”
driven me to Ethiopia. He has discovered year (1986). I met also other He added.
Aster Aweke, Hamelmal Abate, Neway important colleagues of Amha
Debebe and Hebist Tiruneh. and Ali at Philips-Ethiopia On the other hand, Francis said that
office.” Francis recalled. it must be underlined that the part
“As I said, it is all about my first meeting Ali played fighting with the stupid
with Ali and our whole night talk. Two “Today, 35 years later (and but harsh censorship of that time,
passionate music lovers and activists after several years spent to protect what could be protected
were plotting to set up international inside Ethiopian society and of artists’ freedom of expression.
promotion of Ethiopian music. One can cultures along more than Censors used to see then sem-
say that the foundations of this exciting 60 stays in the country), enna-werq hostile to the regime
struggle were laid that night to take I can say that Ali’s open- behind each and every lyric.
shape soon after. Next chapter for me mindedness and enthusiasm
would be to meet the initial godfather for active cooperation are Winding up his views on Ali’s
of Ethiopian recording “industry”, the his most amazing qualities legacy, Francis stated that
absolute pioneer, Amha Eshete of Amha as opposed to the basic management of his rights as music
Records, who had been forced to exile mistrust, suspicion and even producer should keep him busy
10 years earlier. And I met Amha in xenophobia that ferenjis are enough. There must be a time to

Photo by Ethiopiques

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rest for shimagelles Ethiopian the minds of the people, they were Photo by Ethiopiques
music world is so exhausting!!! very separated. It was rare that in
He would recommend Ali to slow a personal discothèque at home about Ethiopia. Butthe official
down and enjoy retirement and somebody would have both pygmy Ethiopiques series didn’t come
acknowledgement from his fellow music and Sonic Youth, you see? We for another ten years, right?
countrymenas well as from music were very into innovation. 1997?
professionals worldwide and from
music lovers at large. Long live Ali Falceto’s View on F.F: ’97, yes. But in the meantime,
Tango! Ethiopia’s Music by ’90, he had recorded in Paris
and released two: One with
He is the creator ofthe growing, (Source: Music Corner Lissan Alèmayèhu Eshèté and another
Ethiopiques CDseries on Buda Magazine @ 14:59 Francis Falceto- with Netsanet Mèllèssè, two
Musique. The series gives the most Ethiopia: Empire and Revolution brilliant,famous singers with the
complete picture available ofmodern Interviewer: Banning Eyre.... Part I) Walias Band. We were still under
Ethiopian music, specializing in the the Derg time. It had beenpossible
highly productive era of the late 60s B.E: When did the first Éthiopiques to invite them to Europe, but the
andearly 70s in Addis, on the eve of CD Come out?
the 1974 revolution that ended the
long regime of Haile Selassie and F.F: 1997.
launched the 18-year, socialist-
military regime known as the B.E: 97? So there were quite some
Dergue. Ethiopiques includes some years between that moment of
traditional music, and some music discovery and theactual beginning
created since the end of the Dergue of the series.
in 1991, but it’s great strength is
its careful documentation of the F.F: In fact, the first release was
extraordinarily creative years ‘86. This LP of Mahmoud Ahmed
leading up to the revolution. on Crammed Disc in Brussels.
Francis Falceto is also the author This was the first release abroad
of a beautiful book, Abyssinie of modern Ethiopian music. It was
Swing: A Pictorial History of akind of fetish for me. This was
ModernEthiopian Music (Shama the LP which opened the doors for
Books). Banning Eyre met Francis Ethiopian music.
in New York in 2005.

Falceto started to organize concerts B.E: I remember that record very
in the mid-70s with some friends well.
in the city. He used to live in the
countryside in France. We had a F.F: It was released in 86 in Europe
nonprofit organization to produce and in America. It got good reviews
concerts. Our music tastes were In the NewYork Times, John Pareles
very, very special. It was between wrote a beautiful article about the
experimental music, free jazz, LP. It was praised asone of the five
noise music, industrial and much or ten best world music albums of
traditional music from all around the year.
the world. From ‘77 until the late
80s, it wasn’t very fashionable to B.E: It was very striking, amazing
like these two kinds of music. In to me. It made me very curious

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full band could not come. They 94 when the CD wasreleased, a in Middle-Age Europe. No king could
did notallow the guitarist or the collection of oldies from Kaifa be a king without the consent of the
saxophonist to leave Ethiopia. Records, the label belonging to church. Another historic point is that
You used to need an exit visato a famousproducer Ali Tango. Ethiopia had its own script, its own
leave your country. Can you What a beautiful name! So before writing, almost from eternity. The church
believe it? It was quite a hard time he started the Éthiopiquesseries has the language Ge’ez, which is the
to complete theserecordings: He in ’97. There were these four equivalent of Latin for the Catholic
had to work with some French releases in the meantime. Church, for instance. From this Latin,
saxophonists and guitarists to always spoken by the priests in Ethiopia,
play theguitar and horn lines. So it’s a kind of backbone for came Amharic, also Tigrinia and several
And in ‘94, came the second the culture of this country. This other languages, just the way Latin gave
release of golden oldies. That is very, very, very important. us French, Italian, Spanish, Romanian,
wasthe first edition of Ethiopian The church had the same role and other languages. Ge’ez is a Semitic
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but written from left to right, not right to “Wow, nice they see some people they can get
left. The design of these letters is really voice. We’ll money from. It can be a party, a
beautiful. So all these points: Religions, wedding, a seasonal festival.
long history, Christianity, arethe core integrate
things that make this country absolutely B.E: Like griots in West Africa?
unique in Africa.
F.F: There are many similarities.
B.E: Do you think that Haile Selassie him into the When there is a market, every
was consciously trying to manipulate the Imperial time there are people,they go and
course of that music? sing, praise them to get money
from them. Or they can joke
F.F: It was totally under his control. Body Guard with them.They are very famous
Probably not what ended as Ethiopian Band.” because, in this country, there’s a
pop, buthe was totally responsible for hierarchy, because it hasbeen an
the development of this military music bands with 10, 15, 20 players, empire for so many centuries. It’s
firstly, andsecondarily, light music. As incredible horn sections. a feudal regime, in fact. There is
I mentioned, he used to organize these nospecial freedom of speech, and
concerts of Western classical music, This gave the real blend of these azmaris, these minstrels,
but also the Haile Selassie Theatre, the modern Ethiopian pop music. are the ones who arein charge of
Agher Feqer Theatre, which was a kind Until the fall of Haile Selassie this freedom of speech. Under
of national theatre of Ethiopia, started in 1974, you could feel this the conditions, their lyrics are not
to develop popularmusic, with singers, influence of the horn section, open;they must use double meaning
which was something new for this country. coming from the jazz band in their critiques, for instance.
In front of these bigbands, Ethiopian influence from America post the They can criticize theking, the
singers started to sing. It wasn’t any more Second World War. princes, the high people, but not
military music, instrumental music; it openly. The most famous azmaris
becomes Ethiopian songs, arranged by B.E: Let’s return to the the are theones who find the nicest
all of these musicteachers, coming from azmari. We have singers joke, the nicest double meaning.
abroad, teaching themselves Ethiopian emerging as part of this This is very importantbecause we
arrangements. So, little by little, the lightmusic, this early popular have to know that in Ethiopian
Ethiopian influence in this music was music. Are these singers coming culture, they don’t pay so much
stronger and stronger.Also, we have from the azmari background? attention to the music itself. When
to keep in mind that after the Second I say music, I mean the melody, the
World War, in Ethiopia, like everywhere F.F: Not at all. The azmari sound of the instruments. They are
in the world, the biggest influence was remains the azmari, all the time. fond of, first of all, lyrics. It was
the American big band, Glen Miller and They are wandering singers, something very special, in this
the like. If you consider what happened minstrels. They come from the culture, to develop instrumental
in Europe, in France, in particular, deep countryside, mostly the music, or big bands. The main
everybody was listening “In the Mood,” Northern provinces, Gondar, thing, more than a great melody
or these kinds of songs. Everywhere, you Gojam, Wello. And they are or a great voice, is what the lyrics
could see the development of these big wandering minstrels, just like we mean. That is true still today.
bands, playing more or less American had in Europe in the middle ages.
music,or local music with influences of They have their own instruments B.E: In this period of the 50s, when
jazz big bands. And because there’s this mostly a onestringedviolin with this popular music is beginning
tradition of marching bands with big a bow and they sing everywhere to take shape,Bandleaders are
horn sections, the Ethiopian big bands looking for singers. If they don’t
appearedimmediately. You had big civil turn to the azmaris at all, where
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F.F: Almost everywhere. For instance, Photo by Daniel Tiruneh
take the case of Mahmoud Ahmed.
Mahmoud Ahmed was not born a singer.
He did not belong to a family of azmaris.
He was just working in a nightclub where
his father had a small job. And it happened
that one night, in the early 60s, the singer
of the local band was absent, so he said,
“Can I try to sing with the band,” and,
immediately, the musicians said “Wow,
nice voice. We’ll integrate him into the
Imperial Body Guard Band.” So, it could
go like this. Among the high people, there
is one who is quite important. He was the
famous General Tsegue Dibu, and the head
of the police in the ‘50s, and he was a
music lover. He himself played cello. And
he wanted the Police Orchestra to have a
great string section. So what he used to
do, was, in the street, seeing some kids
without jobs, he’d ask them if they wanted
to work. He’d take them to the Police
headquarters, clean them, give them food,
new clothes, and schooling, and he would
try to intensively teach them cello, violins,
things like this.

Nobody was basically willing to become
a musician in Ethiopia. It had to start with
such ways. But the musicians were not
recruited from the azmari cast. Not at all.
Azmaris always continued their role as
improvisers, wandering in the villages,
going up north, following the season
of weddings and harvest. They always
remained azmaris. Basically, an Ethiopian
is a warrior. He will never prefer the job
of business or commerce, or the job of
a musician. So, even if you were not a
pure azmari from ancient decent, but just
a singer or guitarist or saxophonist, you
were more or less considered an azmari not
a good person to marry one’s kids to.

B.E: So anyone who does take this step
of becoming involved with music, either
as ahorn player, or singer, or even
an arranger, they have to really love

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it, becausethey’re potentially You needed a kind of visa to import. the real new pop scene in Ethiopia.
identifying with something that So after a few years, he said, “Why
has low status. don’t we make our own discs?” B.E: Tell us about Alèmayèhu Eshèté.
The officials who are supposed to
F.F: Yes, of course. But also, keep import and record and manufacture F.F: Alèmayèhu Eshèté used to be
in mind that all these bands were discs, they do nothing. At least a singer of the Police Orchestra.
institutional,were depending on nothing for this modern music. Mahmoud Ahmed and Tlahoun
the will of the king, the emperor. So, he took Alèmayèhu Eshèté and Gèssèssè, used to belong to the
All of them belonged either tothe recorded a few 45s, one song on Imperial Body Guard Band.
army, to the police, to the Haile each side. He sent his master tape
Selassie Theatre, to the Imperial to India. Why India? Because as They all wanted to leave these
Guard, PoliceBand, Haile Selassie in many African colonies, there institutional bands, but they were paid
Theatre Band, Army Band. These were many Indian merchants in by the Police Orchestra or Imperial
people were on salaries. Soit was Ethiopia. India was and still is the Body Guard Band. Sometimes at
quite a comfortable situation. It’s biggest producer of discs in the night, they’d leave the barracks and go
not everybody who used to have world.The discographic industry to a nightclub and sing for themselves
work, a job. there is huge. So through this before some hip audiences, which
Indian merchant based inEthiopia brought them some problems. You
B.E: Let’s talk about some of the he sent his master tapes to India, know, they might go to jail 1 or 2 days
key people who made this happen. and after a few weeks he received because of this. But it was not a big
And probably the person we his 45s.It was a big deal, because deal. You know, very soon, by ’74,
should start with is Amha Eshèté. the officials started to wake up. I this regime is finished and dead.
Tell us his story. mean when this disc of Alèmayèhu Usually, the end of a reign has a very
Eshèté, his first one, AE 100, came developed night life. Many people
F.F: Amha Eshèté is the patron in Ethiopia it sold like crazy. call itdecadence, but it’s almost the
saint of the modern Ethiopian contrary. Little by little, the empire,
musicians, because he was really B.E: And in what year? the state, starts to lose its power.
the first independent producer to In December 1960, there was coup
support private bands, and to create F.F: ’69. Possibly late 68, but early d’etat against Haile Selassie. It
his own record label. We have 69. ’69 is a key year for all of these failed, but there are several attempts
to know even record production new things.Amha Eshèté had some in the following years. We had
was in the hands of the emperor, problems with the authorities, but studentmovements, we had the ’68
in the hands of the authorities. finally, the emperordecided let this in Europe, but there is something like
You could not release an album, a youngster go ahead. this also inEthiopia. And so the whole
disc, by yourself. It was normally society was in turmoil. And this has
forbidden. But at some point Amha B.E: He personally decided that? always beenfavorable to creativity.
Eshèté thought, “Oh, they will not We can see in many ends of reign or
kill me if I release this disc.” F.F: We don’t know exactly. But regimes a very highlydeveloped artistic
he used to decide everything. life, night life. As we had swinging
B.E: So who was he? What was his Of course the official head of the London, they had swingingAddis. It
background? Haile Selassie Theatre and the like, was unimaginable parties, incredible
went to complain and say, “What fun, where everybody was mixed
F.F: He was a baby boomer this youngster is doing is against the royal family, the nobles, the
himself. He had a music shop. He the law.” And finally, after some rich merchants, the bourgeois, the
had started to import some of this turmoil, which you can understand prostitutes, thebeauties. You had
rock and roll, rhythm and blues, through the press of the time, they beauty contests, Miss Ethiopia, even
soul, James Brown, and the like, in decided to drop it. And little by Miss Swing, many, manydaily or
Ethiopia. Even the import of discs little, other producers came, but he nightly events that gave a special
was something not really allowed. remains one of the key persons for cache to this scene. So from the mid

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60suntil the last fifteen years was theatre, and he was very young, of the coup d’etat, Tlahoun went
something. I mean it would have about 16 or 17 when he starts to to jail for a few weeks.Because by
been a dream for meto have been sing in this institution. But very itself the Imperial Bodyguard was
there, you know. (Laughs). quickly he was taken by Imperial involved in the coup d’etat. All the
Bodyguard Band and he became heads of the Imperial Bodyguard
B.E: Incredible? the main soloist there by the late were pushing the band to sing
50s. Since then until nowadays, he double-meaning songs, protest
F.F: Yes and it’s difficult for us to has been the most beloved singer songs in some way. And if you
imagine that because we have such in Ethiopia. He is a kind of icon. are popular with this protest song,
a miserable vision of Ethiopia. We Everybody loves him. There are this double-meaning, you become
see this country as a cliché. As a many other singers. But Tlahoun also very popular. Because they
kingdom of hunger and famine. Gèssèssè is a core singer, even if could see through the way the
he is not the most easy to listen audience received it, if the coup
B.E: Tell me what you can about to for western audiences. He has d’etat was popular, if they could
some of these other important such a big powerful voice that go with the protest. If the protest
musicians. Take Muluqèn Mèllèssè. sometimes you think it’s too much song is popular, it means that
for a Western ear. He had dozens everybody understands the protest
F.F: Muluqèn Mèllèssè was one of of imitators of course, but none of the singer. And there are many
the most famous singers in Ethiopia. with such vocal talent as Tlahoun instances of this; this song is one of
He started tosing in the Police himself. the most famous.
Orchestra by the age of 13, 14. As I
told you before, they used torecruit B.E: Maybe an interesting B.E: Let’s talk about instruments a
young sters to be members of the subject to talk about a little bit little bit. There’s a very interesting
band, to teach them an instrument would be political messages.You Ethiopiquesvolume featuring a
they even had workshops for talked about how the lyrics are so musician who plays a lyre believed
song writing, arrangement, even important and especially among to be a descendent of King David’s
dance. So Muluqen startedin one the azmaristhere is this tradition harp. Talk about that but also
of these institutional bands before of saying things in round-a- bring us up to date on the krar.
he became an independent singer bout ways, using words with Just in general,give us a bit of an
with hisown band. He recorded doublemeanings. overview on the lyre in Ethiopia.
beautiful masterpieces. What is
unfortunate for music lovers,but F.F: They have a name for F.F: Yeah there are different kinds
respectable from his point of view, is of lyres, especially the krar which
that by the early 80s he changed his this, sem-enna-werq, it means is played mostlyin the North, a lot
mindabout that, and he converted to in Eritrea, less and less in Ethiopia,
Pentecostalism, and decided to stop “wax-and-gold.” There is a wax unfortunately. But there is one
singing popmusic. For music lovers instrument which is unique to
it was a big loss, and he remains a meaning and a gold meaning. Ethiopia it is the begena. The begena
big artist who recorded classics in is a big lyre, something like one-
Ethiopia, kind of standards. The wax meaning is the apparent and-a-half meters. This instrument
used to be played by the nobility,
B.E: Let’s talk about another singer, meaning. Just a love song you can by priests and learned people. It
Tlahoun Gèssèssè. was high society. You could not say
take it as a love song. The gold that a begena player was an azmari.
F.F: Tlahoun Gèssèssè is the singer This was an instrument related to
in Ethiopia, the voice. Big T big meaning is something else. It can religion and nobility.Nowadays
V. He started tosing at the Agher the nobility has disappeared, but
Feqer Mahber, meaning Patriotic be a protest song. Somebody like the begena continues to be played.
Association. It was a kind of national Itwas almost destroyed during
Tlahoun, a member of Imperial

Bodyguard Band, was in jail after

’60 because he had a song, a love

song called “Altchalkoum,” that

meant “I Can’t Stand Any

More.” A kind of love story. “She

left me I can’t stand any more”

in fact, I can’t stand any more of

this regime. And after the failure

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the revolutionary period because getting Image there was Latin invasion in Ethiopia,
precisely it wasrelated to the not at all.
nobility which the revolution had there was a lady who learned piano
abolished, and related to the church, and violin in Switzerland. But as B.E: But you can hear Latin flavor
which the Stalinist government did a modern musician, Mulatu was in Mulatu’s arrangements, and you
not encourage. So, it has come back really the first to be taught abroad. don’t hear thatanywhere else.
slowly through brilliant exponents He started his musical studies in
like Alemu Aga for instance. And England and then in New York, he F.F: No, definitely. That’s why I say
nowadays, for the most important attended also Berkelee College of he is a unique case. He is a special
religious period of the year, like Music in Boston. Later on, during case because he was the first to be
Christmas, Easter, the radio plays his stay in New York, he was in put in such a position. When he
extensively this type of music. But it touch with a lot of jazzmen and came back to Ethiopia he put this
is not the kind of music you can play Latin musicians. He was very fond in his own composition in his own
during the mass at the church. It is of jazz and Latin music. He was arrangement. But it was not followed
not the type of music you can play in one of the first Africans this must bythe other musicians, I would say.
the church. It is played in religious be mentioned to record modern It remains that the music that he
contexts, but it is not an instrument African music in the early 60s. has recorded at the time is simply
of the church. Before Manu Dibango, before gorgeous, great music. Just listen to
Fela, and when he came back Éthiopiques, Volume 4, Ethiojazz.
B.E:And it’s thought to be extremely toEthiopia in the late 60s, the For me, it’s a total masterpiece.
old. They call it King David’s harp. modernist movement had started There are some other musicians on
What’s thesignificance of that? already. But he came intime to thisCD, who we should mention.
bring a special blend. Especially For instance, one of my favorite
F.F: It’s a kind of legend. It’s difficult his jazz touch. He invented a style saxophonists ever in Ethiopia is
historically to demonstrate it because Ethiojazz. Tésfa-Maryam Kidané. Actually
it’s three thousand years. King David he’s living in Virginia now for many
was supposedly a lyre player, you But to tell the truth I’m not years. He left Ethiopia to study at
know, and as the Ethiopians claim sure he was influential in terms Berkelee College of Music in ’72
they are descendents of Solomon of introducing Latin music to and he stayed and settled in America
and the Queen of Sheba, which is Ethiopia. I cannot say that the but he’s still active as a musician
exactly 3000 years ago, it’s part of Ethiopian audience became crazy and is a gorgeous saxophonist. It’s
the historical legacy of the country. about Latin music, not at all. Again, amazing the level of inspiration
I’m not a historian but I’m not sure they are so close to their own roots, those musicians had reached at the
I would agree with this antiquity of if it is too much something from time.
the instrument. But it remains to be abroad they are reluctant to pick
demonstrated on both sides. it. So we cannot seriously say that

B.E: And it’s in the popular
imagination, the idea.

F.F: Absolutely.

B.E: I know who we need to talk
about. Mulatu Astatké.

F.F: Mulatu Astatké is a very special
case. It’s quite unique in the history
of Ethiopia and Ethiopian music. He
was not the first to be taught abroad,
because 30 or 40 years before him,

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ፍራንሲስ ፋልሴቶ

ፈረንሳዊው ፍራንሲስ ፋልሴቶ በ1970ዎቹ
አጋማሽ አካባቢ ከጥቂት ጓደኞቹ ጋር በመሆን
በፈረንሳይ ዋና ከተማ ፖሪስ የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርት
ማዘጋጀት ጀመረ፡፡ ይህን ያከናውኑ የነበሩት
በአንድ ለትርፍ ያልተቋቋመ መንግሥታዊ
ድርጅት /NGO/ አማካኝነት ሲሆን የሚቀርቡት
ሙዚቃዎች ደግሞ ከመላው ዓለም የተውጣጡ
የፍሪ ጃዝ /free jazz/፣ የድምፅ ሙዚቃ /
noise music/፣ ኢንዱስትሪያዊና ባህላዊ
ሙዚቃዎች ነበሩ፡፡

ዘመናዊ የኢትዮጵያ ሙዚቃ የተሟላ ስዕል ሊሰጥ መሆኑ ገብቶታል፡፡” በማለት አብዛኛው የውጪ ዜጋ ስለ ኢትዮጵያ
ይችላል የተባለውና በቡዳ ምዩዚክ የተካተተው የሚያስታውሰው ፍራንሲስ ፋልሴቶ ሙዚቃ በቂ እውቀት አልነበረውም፡፡
ተከታታይ የኢትዮጲክስ ሲዲ አዘጋጅና ፈጣሪ በመቀጠል “በዕለቱ ዓሊ ወደ መኖሪያ ለሁለት ተከታታይ አስርት ዓመታት ፋልሴቶ
ነው፡፡ ፍራንሲስ ፋልሴቶ፡፡ በኢትዮጵያ የሙዚቃ ቤቱ ይዞኝ ሄደ፡፡ ምሽቱን በሙሉ ኢትዮጵያን በዓለም የሙዚቃ ካርታ ላይ
ታሪክ የ1960ዎቹ ማገባደጃና የ1970ዎቹ ስናወራ ነጋ፤ ፀሐይ እስክትወጣ፤ የማስቀመጥ ኃላፊነት የተጣለበት ብቸኛ
መግቢያ በጣም ውጤታማና ምርታማ ዘመን ምንም እንቅልፍ አልነበረንም፤ ባለሙያ ነበር፡፡
ተብሎ የሚጠቀስ ነው፡፡ ኢትዮጲክስ ጥቂት በጣም ትልቅ አጋጣሚ፤ ስለ ኢትዮጵያ
ባህላዊ ሙዚቃዎችንና የደርግ መንግሥት ሙዚቃ ዕድገትና መሻሻል ለመነጋገር ፋልሴቶ በኢትዮጵያ ሙዚቃ ፍቅር
ውድቀት ድረስ የተሰሩ ጥቂት ሙዚቃዎችን በጣም ትልቅ አጋጣሚ ነበር” በማለት የወደቀው እ.ኤ.አ. በ1984 ዓ.ም
ያካተተ ነው፡፡ ፍራንሲስ ፋልሴቶ አቢሲኒ ይገልፃል፡፡ የሙዚቃ ኮንሰርት አዘጋጅ /promoter/
ስዊንግ ኤ ፒክቶሪያል ሂስትሪ ኦፍ ሞደርን በመሆን በፓይቲየርስ በሚሰራበት
ኢትዮጵያን ምዩዚክ /Abyssinie Swing: ፍራንሲስ ፋልሴቶ እ.ኤ.አ. በ1997 አጋጣሚ የመሐሙድ አህመድን “መላ
A Pictorial History of Modern ዓ.ም የኢትዮጲክስ ተከታታይ ሙዚቃ መላ” የሚለውን ዜማ ለመጀመሪያ ጊዜ
Ethiopian Music/ የተሰኘ በሻማ ቡክስ የመጀመሪያ አልበም ባዘጋጀበት ወቅት በሰማበት ወቅት ነበር፡፡
የታተመ ቆንጆ መፅሐፍ ደራሲ ነው፡፡

“እ.ኤ.አ. በኤፕሪል ወር 1985 ዓ.ም በአንድ
የቀን ሁለተኛ አጋማሽ /ከሰዓት በኋላ/ ነበር
አዲስ አበባ ወደሚገኘው ታንጎ ሙዚቃ ቤት
የሄድኩት፡፡ “መሐሙድ አህመድ ከአይቤክስ
ባንድ ጋር” የሚል ርዕስ ካለው የKF 20
ሸክላ የጀርባ ሽፋን ያገኘሁት፤ ኢትዮጵያ
ውስጥ የማውቀው ብቸኛ አድራሻ ነው ሙዚቃ
ቤቱ፤ ዓሊ በሙዚቃ ቤቱ ውስጥ ነበር፡፡ ማን
እንደሆንኩና ወደ ኢትዮጵያ ለምን እንደመጣሁ
ወዲያው ነው ያወቀው፤ ድምፃዊ መሐመድ
አህመድን ለማግኘትና ድምፃዊው በአውሮጳ
የሙዚቃ ዝግጅት እንዲያቀርብ ለመነጋገር

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ከዚያ በኋላ ፍራንሲስ ፋልሴቶ ወደ በቀለ፣ አለማየሁ እሸቴ፣ በኋላ ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ /ዓሊ ታንጎ/ በአሁኑ ወቅት
አዲስ አበባ ተከታታይ ጉዞ አደረገ፡፡ ከመላው የሙያ አጋሮቹ፣ ጓደኞቹ፣ ቤተሰቦቹና ከሙዚቃ
በኢትዮጵያ በ1960ዎቹና 70ዎቹ አያሌው መስፍን፣ ሙሉቀን አድናቂዎች እውቅናና ክብር ሊሰጠው ይገባል፤ ዓሊ
ወርቃማ ዘመን የተሰሩ የሙዚቃ ለዘላለም ይኑር! በማለት ምኞቱን ገልጿል፡፡
ቅጂዎችን ማዳመጥና መመርመር መለሰ፣ መሐሙድ አህመድ፣
ጀመረ፡፡
አስቴር አወቀ፣ ሐመልማል
ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ ለኢትዮጵያ
ሙዚቃ ዕድገት ያደረገውን አባተ፣ ንዋይ ደበበና ህብስት
አስተዋፅዖ በተመለከተ ፋልሴቶ
ሲናገር እ.ኤ.አ. በ1980ዎቹ ጥሩነህ የመሳሰሉ ዋና ዋና
አጋማሽ ዓሊ የኢትዮጵያ የሙዚቃ
አታሚዎች ንጉስ፣ የሰላ የሙዚቃ ኢትዮጵያዊ ድምፃውያንን
ችሎታ ያለው፣ በሀገሪቱ የሙዚቃ
ዘርፍ ዋና ተዋናይና በቴክኖሎጂና ታላላቅ ሥራዎች በማሳተምና
ፈጠራ ፍቅር የወደቀ በማለት
ይገልፀዋል፡፡ ለአድማጭ በማድረስ ትልቅ

ዓሊ ታንጎ እንደ ዓሊ ቢራ፣ ብዙነሽ ሚና ስለተጫወተ ከፍተኛ ክብር

ይገባዋል ብሏል ፋልሴቶ፡፡

“በኢትዮጵያ ማህበረሰብና

ባህል ውስጥ ለበርካታ ዓመታት

እንደቆየ አንድ የውጪ ዜጋ

ዛሬ ላይ ሆኜ ስለ ዓሊ መናገር

የምችለው ዓሊ ክፍት አዕምሮ

ያለውና ከፍተኛ የሙያ ፍላጎት

ያለው መሆኑን ነው፡፡” ካለ

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ዳዊት ይፍሩ “በወቅቱ ይህ የሙሉቀን መለሰ ሙዚቃ ነበረው፡፡ “ በዚያን ግዜ ዘፋኞችን መርጦ
በዳህላክ ባንድ ሲሰራ ቅንብሩን በሙሉ ወደ ሙዚቃ ባንዶች የሚያመጣው
የሰራሁት እኔ ነኝ፡፡” ያለው ዳዊት ይፍሩ ዓሊ ታንጎን የመሳሰሉ ሙዚቃ
አዘጋጅተው የሚያከፋፍሉ ሙዚቃ ቤት
ሮሃ ባንድ ስራ ከጀመረ በኋላ ከዓሊ ያላቸውየሙዚቃ አዘጋጆች /produc-
ers/ ናቸው፡፡ ” ይላል ዳዊት ይፍሩ፡፡
ኬይፋ ሪከርዲንግስ ጋር የሰራቸውስራዎች
ድምጻዊ ንዋይ ደበበ እራሱ ግጥምና
ከአራት አስርት ዓመታት በላይ በሙዚቃው በርካታ ሲሆኑ የንዋይ ደበበ፣ ሀመልማል ዜማ የሰራላቸውን ዘፈኖች ይዞ
መጀመሪያ የሄደው ወደ ዓሊ ነበር፡፡
ዓለም የቆየው፤ በዋናነት በዳህላክና በሮሃ ባንድ አባተና ህብስት ጥሩነህ የመሳሰሉ ዓሊም በቅድሚያ የንዋይ የመጀመሪያ
የነበረውን ሙዚቃ አዳመጠ፣ ችሎታውን
የሙዚቃ ባንዶች ሙዚቃ በመጫወት በህዝብ ድምጻውያን ስኬታማ ስራዎች ተጠቃሽ ተረዳ፣ ከዚያም ወደ ሮሀ ባንድ ይዞ
መጣ፡፡ ንዋይ ከዚያ በፊት ምንም
ዘንድ አንቱታን ያተረፈው ታዋቂው የሙዚቃ ሰው ናቸው፡፡ ዓይነት የዘመናዊ ሙዚቃ ስራ ልምድ
የሌለውና ከራስ ቲያትር ባህላዊ
ዳዊት ይፍሩ ከአቶ ዓሊ ጋር የተዋወቁት ከዛሬ 42 የሙዚቃ ባንድ ጋር ይሰራ ስለነበር ከሮሀ
ባንድ ጋር ሙዚቃዊ ውህደት ለመፍጠር
ዓመት በፊት በ1070 ዓ.ም ውጤታማ የነበረውን ሙዚቀኞች ወደ ሙዚቃ ባንዶች ብዙ ጥረት ይጠይቅ ነበር፡፡ከብዙ ጥረትና
ድካም በኋላ የንዋ አልበም ለህዝብ ይፋ
የሙሉቀን መለሰ ‘ሀገሯ ዋሳ መገና’ የተሰኘው እንዲሁም ድምጻውያን ወደ ባንዶች ሆነ ፡፡ንዋይ ደበበም በዚህ የመጀመሪያ
አልበሙ በሀገር ውስጥና በዓለማቀፍ
የሙዚቃ አልበም በሚዘጋጅበት ጊዜ ነበር፡፡ የሚመጡበት ስርዓት ራሱን የቻለ ሂደት ደረጃ በማይታመን መልኩ ዝነኛ ሆነ፡፡

Photo by Daniel Tiruneh ዓሊ በወቅቱ በአንድ ዴክ የሚሰሩ
ስራዎችን በተወሰነ ደረጃ ወደ ዘመናዊ
ደረጃ ለማሳደግ የሚያስችሉ ዘመናዊ
የሙዚቃ መቅጃ መሳሪያ እንደነበረው
ዳዊት ያስታውሳል፡፡ዓሊ ዘፋኞችን
እጅጉን ያበረታታ ነበር፤ በክፍያ ረገድም
ቢሆን ወቅቱ ይጠይቅ የነበረውን ክፍያ
ያለምንም ማንገራገር ይከፍል ነበር፡፡
በተለይ የአንድ ድምጻዊ አልበም ስኬታማ
ከሆነና፤ በድጋሚ የታተመ ከሆነ ማበረታቻ
ያደርጋል፤ ይሸልማል፤ለድምጻዊውም
ተጨማሪ ክፍያ ይፈጽማል፡፡ “ ይህ
ድርጊቱ ደግሞ ዓሊ ከድምጻውያን ጋር
በቀጣይ አብሮ ለመስራት ምቹ ሁኔታን
ከመፍጠሩ በተጨማሪ ቤተሰባዊ ቅርበት
እንዲኖር አድርጓል፤ በዚህም የተነሳ
ሮሀ ባንድ ከዓሊ ጋር በርካታ ስራዎችን
ሰርቷል፡፡ ” ብሏል ዳዊት ይፍሩ ፡፡

ዓሊ እንደ ሙዚቃ አዘጋጅነቱ ትርፍ
ሊያስገኝለት በሚችል ስራ ላይ ያተኩር
ነበር፡፡ የሮሃ ባንድ ሙዚቃ ተጫዋቾች
ደግሞ የሙዚቃው ውበትና ጥራት ላይ
በመጨነቅ በትብብር ነበር የሙዚቃ
ስራዎች ይሰሩ የነበሩት፡፡ “ ዓሊ በጣም

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Photo by Daniel Tiruneh

ይገርመኝ የነበረው ያዘጋጀውን የሙዚቃ ውስጥ በሳምንት ሁለት ጊዜ ይጫወት “ ዓሊ እኔ እስከማውቀው ድረስ ከእርሱ
ስራ ወይም አልበም በአዲስ አበባ ብቻ ስለነበር ዓሊ ድምጻውያኗ ስራዋን ጋር የሰሩ በርካታ ድምጻውያንን ለካሴት ስራ
ተወስኖ እንዲቀር አይፈልግም ነበር፡፡ ለህዝብ እንድታስተዋውቅ በመፈለጉ፤ ወደ ሮሀ ባንድ ይዞ ሲመጣ ምንም ዓይነት
ከአዲስ አበባ ውጪ በነበረው ግንኙነት/ ደምወዝ እራሱ እየከፈላት በዚያ ያለመግባባትና ግጭት ተከስቶ አያውቅም ፡
connection/አማካኝነት ካሴቶችን ምሽት ክበብ እንድትጫወት አደረገ፡ ፡” ብሏል፡፡
በየክፍለሀገሩ ያደርስ ነበር፡፡ በዚያን ጊዜ ፡ ይህ ሁለት ጠቀሜታ አለው ይላል
ደግሞ የካሴት ተጠቃሚዎች የነበሩት ሙዚቀኛ ዳዊት ይፍሩ፡፡ “ አንደኛ አሁን ጊዜው እነ ዓሊ ያደርጉ እንደነበረው
በዋናነት በየበረሀውና በየገጠሩ የነበሩ ሀመልማል ካሴቷ ከመውጣቱ በፊት ግጥምና ዜማን አሰባስቦ፤ ድምጻውያንን
ወታደሮችና መምህራን ነበሩ፡፡ ይህ ከህዝብ ጋር ያስተዋውቃታል፤ ሁለተኛ ወደ ሙሉ ባንድ አምጥቶ ካሴት የሚሰራበት
የሙዚቃ ስራዎችን ለእነዚህ የህብረተሰብ ደግሞ ከዚያ በኋላ የምታወጣው ካሴት ዘመን አይደለም፤ ያም ጊዜ ተመልሶ
ክፍሎች እንዲደርስ የማድረግ ተግባር ደግሞ የበለጠ ተፈላጊ ይሆናል ማለት ሊመጣ አይችልም፡፡ በመሆኑም እንደ ዓሊ
የሚመሰገንና የሚደነቅ ትልቅ ችሎታ ነው፤ይህ አሰራር ደግሞ የብልህ ነጋዴ ዓይነት አሳታሚዎች የፈጠራ ክህሎታቸውን
ነበር ብዬ አምናለሁ፡፡” ሲል ሙዚቀኛ ስትራቴጂ ነው፡፡” በማሳደግ፤ ኢንተርኔት፣ ዩትዩብና የመሳሰሉ
ዳዊት ይናገራል፡፡ ቴክኖሎጂዎችን በይበልጥ በመጠቀም
ዓሊ ኬይፋ በተፈጥሮ የተቸረውን ስራቸውን ማዘመን ይጠበቅባቸዋል፡፡
በወቅቱ በአዲስ አበባ የነበሩት የሙዚቃ የንግድ ፈጠራ ክህሎት በመጠቀም
ቤቶች ቁጥር ውስን ቢሆንም እርስ በእርስ ድምጻውያኑንም ሆነ እራሱን ለማሳደግ ዓሊ ከሀገሩ ወጥቶ ከ20 ዓመታት በላይ
በሚደረግ የገበያ ውድድር ድምጻውያንን ከፍተኛ ጥረት ያደረገ ስኬታማ በአሜሪካ ሌላ ስራ ሲሰራ የቆየ ቢሆንም
የማስኮብለልና የመሻማት ሁኔታ ይስተዋል የሙዚቃ አዘጋጅ ነው፡፡ ንዋይ ደበበ በሀገሪቱ የሙዚቃ እድገት የራሱን አሻራ
ነበር፡፡ በመሆኑም ለድምጻውያን ተገቢውን የመጀመሪያ አልበሙን ካወጣ በኋላ ያኖረ፤ ታሪክ የሰራ ትልቅ ሰው መሆኑ
እንክብካቤ ማድረግ፣ የሚገባውን ክብርና ከሮሀ ባንድ ጋር በመሆን በፈረንሳይ መቼም አይዘነጋም የሚለው አርቲስት ዳዊት
ክፍያ መስጠት፤ ከዚያም የድምጻውያኑ የኣለማቀፍ ፌስቲቫል ላይ እንዲሳተፍ “እኔ ለዓሊ ኬይፋ የምመኝለት ነገር ቢኖር
ስራ በአግባቡ ወደ ህዝብ እንዲደርስ አድርጓል፡፡ ከዘመኑ ጋር የሚራመድ እራሱን የቻለ ትልቅ
ማድረግ ወሳኝ ነው፡፡ በዚህ ረገድ ዓሊ የሙዚቃ አሳታሚ ኩባንያ ባለቤት ሆኖ በሀገር
ኬይፋ ከፍተኛ ጥረት ያደርግ ነበር፡፡ ከሮሀ ባንድ ወይም ከድምጻውያን ጋር ውስጥና በዓለማቀፍ ደረጃ ታዋቂ እንዲሆና
ከነበረው መልካም ግንኙነት በተጨማሪ ታሪኩን እንዲያድስ ነው፡፡” በማለት ስለ ዓሊ
በሮሀ ባንድ የተቀናበረው የሀመልማል ዓሊ አለመግባባት ውስጥ ገብቶ ኬይፋ ያለውን አስተያየት ሰጥቷል፡፡
አባተ የመጀመሪያ አልበም ከመውጣቱ የነበረበት ጊዜ ስለመኖሩ ለቀረበለት
በፊት የሙዚቃ ባንዱ በምሽት ክበብ ጥያቄ አርቲስት ዳዊት ይፍሩ ሲመልስ

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አስቴር ከበደ

ተወልዳ ያደገችው በአዲስ አበባ መርካቶ ወይም አዲስ ከተማ ተብሎ በሚጠራውና
በርካታ ታዋቂ ሰዎችን ባፈራው አካባቢ ነው፡፡ ጉሮሮዋን ያሟሸችው በእነ ሂሩትና
ብዙነሽ በቀለ ዘፈኖች ነው ፤በቀድሞው የራስ ቲያትር ሙዚቃ ክፍል ሰርታለች፡
፡ በ1970ዎቹ ዓ.ም መጨረሻ አካባቢ ‘’እንግዲህ ጀመረኝ”፣“ የኔአካል ውድነህ”
እና ሌሎች ዘፈኖችን ያካተተውን የመጀመሪያዋና ብቸኛ፤ እስከ አሁን ድረስ ተወዳጅ
የሆነውን አልበም በማውጣት ነው ታዋቂ የሆነችው- አስቴር ከበደ፡፡ አስቴር ይህንን
አልበሟን ደግሞ የሰራችው በዓሊ ኬይፋ ሪከርዲንግስ ነበር፡፡

Photo by Daniel Tiruneh አስቴር ስለ ዓሊ ስታወራ በጣም በስሜትና
በትዝታ ተውጣ ነበር፡፡ “ታንጎ ሙዚቃ ቤት
በመጀመሪያ የሄድኩት ከንዋይ ደበበ ጋር
ነው፡፡ በነገራችን ላይ እኔ ራስ ቲያትር
ተወዛዋዥ ነበርኩ፣ የአልበሜን አብዛኛውን
ግጥምና ዜማ የደረሰው ንዋይ ደበበ
ነው ወደዚህ እንድገባ የገፋፋኝ፣እንግዲህ
በዘመኑ ድምጻዊው ድምጹን ብቻ ይዞ ነው
ወደ አሳታሚው የሚሄደው፤ ሁሉንም ነገር
እራሱ አሳታሚው ነው የሚጨርሰው፣ እኔ
በእርግጥ ለገንዘብ ብዬ አልነበረም የሰራሁት፤
ለስሜቴና ለዕውቅና እንጂ፤……አልበሙም
ወጣ፤ዓሊም ለእኔ 2000 ብር ከፈለኝ፤
ብሩም በዚያን ጊዜ ብዙ ነበር፤ ደስ ነው
ያለኝ፤ ያው ነው እንግዲህ፡፡”

ለበርካታ ዓመታት ኑሮዋን በሳዑዲ ዓረብያ
በማድረግ ከሙያው ተነጥላ የቆየችው
አስቴር ከበደ በአሁን ሰዓት እነዚህን
ከ30 ዓመታት በላይ እንደተወደዱ የቆዩ

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Photo by Daniel Tiruneh

ስራዎቿንና በተለየ ቅንብር /Remix/ እንዲሁም “ዓሊ ታንጎ በእውነቱ “ በእውነት ነው የምለው ዓሊ ታንጎ
ጥቂት ነጠላ ዜማዎቿን በተለያዩ ክለቦችና ምሽት ለኛ ትልቅ ባለውለታችን በተፈጥሮው የሚወርድና ከፍ የሚል
ክበቦች በመጫወት ላይ ትገኛለች፡፡ ነው፡፡” ትላለች አስቴር፤ የሙዚቃ ድምጽ በደንብ ጠንቅቆ
የሚያውቅ የሙዚቃ አሳታሚ ነው፡፡ ”
“ዓሊ ታንጎ በእውነቱ ለኛ ትልቅ ባለውለታችን በመቀጠልም “ ዓሊ የምትለው አስቴር ከበደ ዓሊ ለኢትዮጵያ
ነው፡፡” ትላለች አስቴር፤ በመቀጠልም “ ዓሊ አልበሜን ከዋልያስ ሙዚቀኞችም ሆነ ድምጻውያን እድገትና
አልበሜን ከዋልያስ ባንድ በምሰራበት ወቅት ባንድ በምሰራበት ወቅት መሻሻል የተለየ ድርሻ አበርክቷል ብላለች፡
በሙዚቃው ግብዓት ላይ ገንቢ ሀሳቦችን በማቅረብ በሙዚቃው ግብዓት ላይ ፡ በቀጣይ ለምትሰራው አልበም ዓሊ
የተሻለ ስራ ይዤ ህዝብ ዘንድ እንድቀርብ ገንቢ ሀሳቦችን በማቅረብ ቢያማክራት ደስተኛ እንደምትሆን
ረድቶኛል፡፡” በማለት የዓሊን ተጨማሪ የሙዚቃ የተሻለ ስራ ይዤ ህዝብ ገልጻለች፡፡
አሳታሚነት ሚና ገልጻለች፡፡ ዘንድ እንድቀርብ

አርቲስት አስቴር ከበደ እስከአሁን ድረስ ብቸኛና ረድቶኛል፡፡”
ታዋቂ የሆነውን አልበም በምትሰራበት ወቅት
የዓሊ ታንጎ ድርሻ ከፍተኛ ነበር፡፡ አስቴር ይህንን
ሙዚቃ ከዋልያስ ባንድ ጋር በምትሰራበት
ጊዜ ዓሊ በቦታው በመገኘት በሙዚቃ ስራው፣
በድምጻዊቷ ድምጽ አወጣጥና የሙዚቃ ጥራት
ላይ የራሱን እውቀትና ክህሎት በመደመር የተሳካ
ስራ ሰርቷል፡፡

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ሕብስት ጥሩነህ

የ 13 ዓመት ታዳጊ፣ቀይ፣ አጭር አፍሮ ቀድሞውን ህብስት ምንም እንዳፈራ፤ ፡ የሙዚቃ ቤቱ ባለቤትና ሀላፊ አሊ
ጸጉር፤በልጅነቷ በቤት ውስጥ የነሂሩት በቀለ፣ መክሮና አስጠንቅቆ ነው ወደ ሙዚቃ አብደላ ኬይፋ ከሙዚቃ ቤቱ ጥግ በሚገኝ
ብዙነሽ በቀለ፣ሀመልማልአባተና የሌሎች ቤቱ የወሰዳት፤……ታንጎ ሙዚቃ አንድ ከመስታወት የተሰራ የኤሌክትሮኒክስ
ድምጻውያንን ዜማ ታንጎራጉር ነበር፡፡ ህብስት ቤት በር ላይ የተቀመጠው ድምጽ ዕቃዎች መደርደሪያ አጠገብ ሙሉ ሱፍ
ጥሩነህ፡፡ በውስጧ የነበረውን እምቅ የሙዚቃ ማጉያ /loud speaker/ ከፍ ባለ ልብሱን ከነከረባቱ ግጥም አድርጎ፤ እጆቹን
ችሎታና ዝንባሌ የተገነዘበው ባህሩ የተባለየወንድሟ ድምጽ ሙዚቃ ያሰማል፡፡ የህብስት አጣምሮ ቆሟል፡፡
ጓደኛ ነው ህብስትን መጀመሪያ ወደ ታንጎ ሙዚቃ ወንድም ጓደኛ ባህሩ የትንሿን ልጅ
ቤት ይዟት የሄደው፡፡
እጅ ይዞ ወደ ሙዚቃ ቤቱ ገባ፡ “አቶ ዓሊ!.. ያቺ ያልኩህ ልጅ ይህች ነች፡

፡” አለ የህብስት ወንድም ጓደኛ፡፡

“አሁን ይህች ህጻን ልጅ ትዘፍናለች?”
አለና ታዳጊዋን ከእግር ጥፍሯ እስከ
ራስ ጸጉሯ ተመለከታት፡፡ ዓሊ ቀጠለናም
“እስኪ ዝፈኝልኝ!” አላት፤ በዚህ ጊዜ ታንጎ
ሙዚቃ ቤት ካሴት የሚገዙ ሰዎች ወደ
ውስጥ ሲገቡ፣ ካሴት የገዙ ሰዎች ደግሞ
ከሙዚቃ ቤቱ ሲወጡ ማየት ሌላ ትዕይንት
ነበር፤ ግርግሩ ህብስትን ትንሽ ግራ
እንዲገባት ማድረጉ አልቀረመ፡፡ ነገር ግን
ትንሿ ህብስት የንዋይ ደበበን“የጥቅምት
አበባ’’ ዜማ በደንብ አድርጋ ተጫወተች፡
፡ ዓሊ ደንገጥ አለና “ እስኪ ሌላ ዘፈን
ተጫወቺ! ” አላት፤ ህብስትም በመቀጠል
የሀመልማል አባተን “የትዳሬ ማገር”
የሚለውን ዜማ ተጫወተችለት፡፡ በህብስት
ድምጽ ሀይልና ውበት እንዲሁም ድፍረት
በጣም የተገረመው ዓሊ “ ይህች ልጅ
በጣም ትልቅ ደረጃ መድረስ የምትችል
ናት፡፡” ብሎ ደስታውን፡፡

Photo by Daniel Tiruneh ከዚያ ጊዜ ጀምሮ ነው እንግዲህ ዓሊ
ኬይፋ ከህብስት ጥሩነህ ጋር ተወዳጅ ስራ
ለመስራት እንደ አርቲስት አየለ ማሞ
ከመሳሰሉት የሚዚቃ ሰዎችና ሮሃ ባንድ
ከህብስት ጋር እንዲሰሩ የወሰነው፡፡ “
ጋሽ አየለ ማሞ የሰራልኝ ‘በርቺ በሉኝ’፣
ኦሮምኛና አንድ ሌላ ዘፈኔን ነው፤ ‘’እናቴን
አደራ” የሚለውን ዜማ ጨምሮ ሰባቱን
ዘፈኖች ዜማና ግጥም የሰሩልኝ ደግሞ
ሱራፌል አበበና ተመስገን ተካ ናቸው፡፡”

ህብስት ይህን አልበም ስትሰራ እንደ
ጀማሪና ልምድ እንደሌለው ድምጻዊ ለሮሃ
ባንድ ሙዚቀኞች አስቸጋሪ አልነበረችም፤
ወዲያው ህብር ፈጥራ የመጀመሪያና
ታዋቂ ያደረጋትን አልበም በስኬት
ለማጠናቀቅ ችላለች፡፡ የሙዚቃ ጉጉት
ከልጅነት ጋር ተደምሮ ገንዘብ ለእርሷ

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Photo by Daniel Tiruneh

ብዙ ትርጉም አልነበረውም፤ “እንዴ! ክፍያ? “ አሁን እኔ እዚህ ደረጃ እንድደርስ የዓሊ እንደዚሁ ቦታ እየቀያየርን ነው የሰራነው፡
በነጻስ ቢሆን እኔ እኮ ካሴት መስራቴን እንጂ ድርሻ ከፍተኛ ነው፡፡” የምትለው ድምጻዊ ፡ ‘ምን ይሻላል፣ ምን ይበጃል? የሚለው
ስለገንዘብ በወቅቱ ምንም አስቤ አላውቅም፡ ህብስት ጥሩነህ ዓሊ ታንጎ የሙዚቃ ዘፈን ብቻ ነው እስቲድዮ የተቀረጸው
፡” ብላለች ህብስት ስለ መጀመሪያ ስራዋ ማሳተም ስራ ላይ ብቻ አያተኩርም፤ በተረፈ አስሩንም ዘፈኖቼን በአንድ ቀን
ክፍያ ስትጠየቅ፡፡ በሙዚቃ ውበት፣ በሙዚቃ መሳሪያ ነው እንዲቀረጹ ያደረገው፡፡” ብላለች
ተጫዋቾችና በድምጻውያን መካከል ህብስት ጥሩነህ፡፡
ዓሊኬይፋ በወቅቱ ህብስት ገንዘብ ስለሚኖረው ውህደትና መግባባት የእራሱ
የማስተዳደር አቅም እንደሌላት በመረዳት የሆነ እውቀትና ክህሎት ነበረው ትላለች፡፡ የዓሊ ታንጎን ውለታ የማትረሳው ህብስት
ለዚህ ለመጀመሪያ ስራዋ 3000 ብር “ ዓሊ እኔ እዚህ ደረጃ ለመድረሴ ከፍተኛ
የከፈላት ሲሆን ገንዘቡንም የተቀበሉት ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ የድምጻዊ ህብስት ድርሻ አለው፤ ልክ እንደ አባቴ ነው፡
አባቷ አቶ ጥሩነህ ነበሩ፡፡ ከዚህ በተጨማሪ ጥሩነህ የመጀመሪያ አልበም የሙዚቃ ፡ የመጀመሪያ አልበሜን በምሰራበት ጊዜ
ዓሊ ለህብስትና ለቤተሰቦቿ ያስፈልጉ የነበሩ ቪዲዮ ዝግጅት በተመለከተ በኢትዮጵያ እንደ አባት እየተቆጣጠረና እየመከረ
ነገሮችን አድርጓል፡፡ ህብስት ይህን በተመለከተ ያልተለመደ አጋጣሚ እንዲፈጠር በማድረጉ ስኬታማ እንድሆን የረዳኝ መሰረቴ ነው፤
እንዲህ ብላለች፣ “ በእውነቱ ከሆነ ጋሽ በሀገሪቱ የሙዚቃ ታሪክ ዘላለም ሊታወስ ከእርሱ ጋር የስጋ ዝምድና ያለኝ ያህል
ዓሊ ለእኔና ለቤተሰቦቼ ከጠበቅኩት በላይ የሚገባ የሙዚቃ አሳታሚ ነው፡፡ ነው የሚሰማኝ፡፡” ብላለች፡፡
ነው በርካታ ነገር ያደረገው፤ ልክ እንደ
አባት በመሆን ትልቅ አክብሮትና ድጋፍ ነው ዓሊ በወቅቱ የአዲስ አበባ መዘጋጃ ቤት ለረጅም ጊዜ በአካል ለመገናኘት ሳይችሉ
ያደረገልኝ፡፡ ”
ይገኝ ወደ ነበረው የኢትዮጵያ ቴሌቪዥን ቢቆዩም አሁን ላይ የዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ
ድምጻዊ ህብስት ጥሩነህ ከዓሊ ጋር የሰራችው
የመጀመሪያዋን አልበም ብቻ ቢሆንም ቀጣይ ጣቢያ ሄዶ ከስራ ሀላፊዎች ጋር በመነጋገርና ወዳጅ ዘመዶችና ጓደኞች እርሱ ለኢትዮጵያ
ስራዋን እንድትሰራ እገዛ አድርጎላታል፡፡
ሁለተኛዋን አልበም ለመስራት በዝግጅት ላይ በማሳመን በህብስት የመጀመሪያ አልበም ሙዚቃ እድገት ላበረከተው አስተዋጽኦና
ሳለች ነበር ዓሊ ከሀገር ለመውጣት በሂደት
ላይ የነበረው፡፡ በመሆኑም ዓሊ ህብስት ውስጥ የሚገኙትን አስሩንም ዘፈኖች ለበርካታ ድምጻውያን መሰረት በመሆኑ
ሁለተኛ አልበሟን እንድታወጣ ከኤሌክትራ
ሙዚቃ ቤት ባለቤት ከአቶ ተሾመ ጋር የሙዚቃ ክሊፕ እንዲሰራላቸው በማድረግ ላዘጋጁት የእውቅናና የክብር መርሀ-ግብር
አገናኛት፡፡ እርሷም ሁለተኛ አልበሟን ሰርታ
ለህዝብ አቀረበች፡፡ ታሪክ መስራቱን ድምፃዊ ህብስት ጥሩነህ ዋዜማ ላይ ሆና “ ዓሊ በጣም እወድሀለሁ!

በአግራሞት ታስታውሳለች፡፡ አከብርሀለሁ! እግዚሀብሄር ዕድሜና ጤና

ይስጥህ! ” በማለት ለሙያ አባቷ ያላትን

“በጣም የሚገርመኝ ደብረዘይት ሆራ ምኞት ገልጻለች፡፡

ሀይቅ ሄደን ‘ እምዬን አደራ‘ የሚለውን

ዘፈኔን ውሀ ላይ፣ የሆነ ዘፈኔን የአበባ

ቦታ፣ የሆነ ዘፈኔ ቤት ውስጥ፣ ሌሎችንም

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ፍስሀ ወልደአማኑኤል “ ከዓሊ ጋር በዋናነት የተዋወቅነውና ጓደኝነታችንም
የተጠናከረውሁለታችንም ለቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ የእግር ኳስ
ቡድን በምንጫወትበት ጊዜ ነው ፡፡|” ይላሉ አቶ ፍስሀ፡
፡ በወቅቱ ዓሊ ከሰው ተግባቢ፣ ሰው የሚወድና ቸር

ነበር የሚሉት አቶ ፍስሀ ድሮ አዲስ አበባ ፒያሳ ይገኝ
የቀድሞው የኢትዮጵያ ብሄራዊ የእግር ኳስ ቡድን ተጫዋችና በሰሜን አሜሪካ በነበረው ኪንግ ጆርጅ ባር በአብዛኛው የሚዝናኑበት
የኢትዮጵያን ማህበረሰብ የእግር ኳስ ውድድር መስራች የሆነው ፍስሀ ወ/ ስፍራ እንደነበር ያስታውሳሉ፡፡
አማኑኤል የአሊ የልጅነት ጓደኛ ከነበሩት አንዱ ናቸው ፡፡ በወጣትነት ጊዜያቸው

ለአራተኛ ፣ አምስተኛ ፣ ስድስተኛና ሰባተኛ የአፍሪካ ዋንጫ ለኢትዮጵያ ብሄራዊ የአቶ አሊን ደግነትና ሰው አክባሪነት በተመለከተ
ቡድን ተሰልፎ የተጫወተው ፍስሃ ወልደአማኑኤል ከሃምሳ ዓመት በፊት ነበር አቶ ፍስሀ በህይወታቸው የማይረሱት ነገር እንዳለ
ከአሊ ጋር በዳግማዊ ምኒሊክ ትምህርት ቤት የተዋወቁት ፡፡
ሲያስታውሱ “ እ.ኤ.አ በኦገስት 1969 ዓ፣ም ከኢትዮጵያ

ወደ አሜሪካ ስሄድ በሂልተን ሆቴል በርካታ ጓደኞቼን

እንድጠራ አድርጎ ከፍተኛ የሽኝት ግብዣ ሸኝቶኛል፡፡

” ብለዋል፡፡ የአቶ ዓሊ ደግነትና መልካምነት በቃላት

አልገልጸውም የሚሉት አቶ ፍስሀ ዓሊ በርካታ ሰዎችን

ሲረዳና ሲደግፍ ይመለከቱ እንደነበር፣ እንደ ሙዚቃ

አዘጋጅና ነጋዴ ለራሱ ብቻ የሚያስብ፣ ስግብግብ

ሳይሆን ለሌሎች መኖርን የመረጠ ድንቅ ሰው ነው

ሲሉ ይናገራሉ፡፡

ዓሊ ኬይፋ ወይም በሰፊው ደግሞ ዓሊ ታንጎ በሚል
ታዋቂ ስም የሚጠራው ዓሊ ረጋ ያለ፣ ቤተሰቡን
የሚወድ፣ ሀገሩን የሚወድና ስራውን የሚያከብር
መሆኑ በሁሉም ዘንድ የታወቀ ነው፡፡ እንደዚህ
ለሀገርና ለህዝብ ለሰሩ ሰዎች እውቅና እና ክብር
መስጠት አስፈላጊ እንደሆነ ሁሉም ያምናል፡፡ አቶ
ዓሊ በሀገራችን ለሚገኙ የሙዚቃ ሰዎች ወይም
ድምጻዊያን እድገት የራሱን ድርሻ የተወጣ ብርቅዬ
የኢትዮጵያ ልጅ በመሆኑ ከፍተኛ ክብርና እውቅና
ሊቸረው ይገባል፡፡

Photo by Daniel Tiruneh “አቶ ዓሊ ክብርና እውቅና ይገባዋል፤ የሚረሳ አይደለም፤
በርካታ ታዋቂ ሙዚቀኞች ለምሳሌ ጥላሁን ገሰሰ፣
መሀሙድ አህመድ፣ ሙሉቀን መለሰ፣ አስቴር አወቀ፣
አሊ ቢራና ሌሎች ሙዚቀኞች ጎልተው እንዲወጡ
ያደረገ ባለውለታ ነው፡፡ ትልቅ አስተዋዕጾ አድርጓል፡፡
ሲሉ አቶ ፍስሀ ምስክርነታቸውን ሰጥተዋል፡፡

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በታህሳስወር 2012 ዓ.ም ከረዥም ዓመታት ቆይታ በኋላ በአካል ለመገናኘት በ1960ዎቹ መጨረሻ አካባቢ ታንጎ ሙዚቃ ቤት የእነ
በቅተዋል፤ ትዝታ፣ናፍቆትና ደስታ………ተቃቅፈው ለሰከንዶች ዝም ጥላሁን ገሰሰና መሀሙድ አህመድ ዘፈኖች በካሴት
አሉ፣ እንኳን ፈጣሪ በሰላምና በጤና አገናኘን ተባባሉ፤ ታዋቂው የሙዚቃ ባሳተመበት ወቅት አርቲስት አሰለፈች ወደ ሙዚቃ
አሳታሚ ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋና አንጋፋዋ አርቲስት አሰለፈች አሽኔ ፡፡ ቤቱ እየመጣች የሙዚቃ ሸክላዎች ትገዛ ነበር፡፡በዓጼ
ኀ/ስላሴ ዘመነ መንግስት ሴት ልጅ ከቤት ወጥታ
Photo by Daniel Tiruneh መዝፈንም ሆነ ካሴት ማስቀረጽ ፈጽሞ የሚታሰብ
አልነበረም፡፡ ሆኖም ግን በኢትዮጵያ የስርዓት ለውጥ
ተደርጎ የደርግ መንግስት ከተመሰረተ በኋላ ሴቶችን
አስሮ የነበረው ማህበራዊና ባህላዊ አመለካከት በተወሰነ
ደረጃ መሻሻል በማሳየቱ አንዳንድ በሀገር ፍቅር
ቴአትር ቤት ይሰሩ የነበሩ ሴት ድምጻውያን አዲስ
አበባ ውስጥ ውቤ በረሀ ተብሎ በሚታወቀውአካባቢ
በከፈቷቸው መጠጥ ቤቶች ውስጥ ሙዚቃን መጫወት
ጀምረው ነበር፡፡

እነ ከተማ መኮንን፣ አለምነህ መንግስቱ፣ ታደሰ
አንዳርጌ፣ ሻምበል በላይነህና ሌሎች ሙዚቀኞች
በእነዚህ መሸታ ቤቶች በመምጣት ይዘፍኑ ነበር፡
፡ በዚህ ወቅት አሰለፈች ከጓደኛዋ ጋር በመጠጥ
ቤቷ ማታማታ ትዘፍን ነበር፡፡ ዓሊ ደግሞ ድንገት
በአሰለፈች መጠጥ ቤት ሊዝናና በመጣበት ወቅት
ነበር የአሰለፈችና የጓደኛዋን ጥዑም ዜማ የሰማው፤
ከዚያም “ ሙዚቃችሁን እኔ ላሳትምላችሁ?” የሚል
ጥያቄ ያቀርብላቸዋል፡፡ እነ አሰለፈችም ጥያቄውን
በደስታ ተቀብለው ዘፈኖቻቸውን ተሾመ ሲሳይ በተባለ
የሙዚቃ አቀናባሪ መሪነት ከምድር ጦር ኦርኬስትራ
ጋር ይለማመዱ ጀመር፡፡

ከተወሰነ ወራት በኋላ ደግሞ በ1968 ዓ.ም አሰለፈች
ከጓደኛዋ ጌጤነሽ ክብረት ጋር በህብረት “ሽገኔዎች”
በሚል መጠሪያ የሰራችው የሙዚቃ ስራ ለሙዚቃ
አፍቃሪያን ይፋ ሆነ፡፡ “ እንግዲህ ለጊዜው ገንዘቡ
የሚረባ ባይሆንም ሸክላው ታተመ፤ ጊዜው የለውጥ
ነበር፤ ሙዚቃውም በህዝብ ዘንድ በጣም ተወደደ፡፡”
ብላለች አርቲስት አሰለፈች አሽኔ ስለ መጀመሪያ ስራዋ
ስትናገር፡፡

“ ዓሊ አብደላ ኬይፋ ለእኔና እኔን ለመሳሰሉ ድምጻውያን
እድገትና መሻሻል ከፍተኛ አስተዋዕጾ ያደረገ ሲሆን
ከዚህ በተጨማሪ ደግሞ አቶ ዓሊ የእነ ጥላሁን ገሰሰ፣
አለማየሁ እሸቴ፣ ብዙነሽ በቀለና የሌሎች ድምጻውያን
ስራ በሸክላም ሆነ በካሴት ባያሳትም ኖሮ አሁን ያለው
የኢትዮጵያ ሙዚቃ ታሪክ ምሉዕ ላይሆን ይችል ነበር
ብዬ አምናለሁ፡፡” ብላለች፡፡

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“You Deserve” Photo by Daniel Tiruneh
event organizing committee

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