In Memoriam for the great Oromo artist, Haacaaluu Hundeessaa, assassinated on June 30, 2020. Oromo music has played a central role in providing alternative spaces for enunciating ‘the Oromo question’.

Senior research and teaching fellow, Department of Geography, University of Zurich Music has played a key role in the Oromo resistance movement. As is the case in many other societies – especially ...

Ilana Webster-Kogen receives funding from the Jewish Music Institute. Anyone who steps into the public sphere in Ethiopia is also a potential political leader. In this atmosphere, an outspoken ...

"Everyday I walk in this city, I know I walk alongside death," singer Hachalu Hundessa said just days before he was shot dead in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 28 June. We hear how the 34-year ...