Banning Eyre has a review. (Soundbite of music) TEDDY AFRO: (Singing) (Foreign language spoken) BANNING EYRE: An Ethiopian praised songs to Bob Marley let alone Haile Selassie would have been ...

(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC) EYDER PERALTA ... (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "ETHIOPIA") TEDDY AFRO: (Singing in non-English language). PERALTA: This was a magical moment in Ethiopia. For the first time, it ...

Ethiopian musician Teddy Afro is known for crafting pop songs with political messages. A video has been shared on Facebook ...

The release of a highly anticipated Teddy Afro’s new album, Tikur Sew, which can literally be translated as “A Black Person,” has stirred up discussion online. Tikur Sew is a homage to King Menelik II ...

More popularly known as Teddy Afro, his latest album — his fifth — comprises ... for — and opposition to — Afro’s latest album is an indication that, in Ethiopia, music criticism usually melds ...

Nor does Ethiopian music generally tend to have a global fan ... So what accounts for the sudden, meteoric rise of Teddy Afro’s musical composition? Sharing, as I do, his humble, highly ...

Teddy Afro's music has been an anthem for opposition protests Ethiopia's most famous pop singer, Teddy Afro, has been freed early from a two-year jail term for manslaughter. He was sentenced for the ...

Ethiopia's most famous pop singer ... continuing to maintain that he is the victim of a political vendetta because Teddy Afro's music was identified with the opposition cause at the time of the ...

Aklilu got involved with the environmental movement and kept his hand in music with the Teddy Afro Ethiopian reggae band and other groups. They hope to re-release that second album and additional ...

Ethiopian musician Teddy Afro is known for crafting pop songs with ... that the lyrics did not match the quality of Teddy’s music, others believed the song was released by the singer.