The History of Oromo Music
he soloist plays an electronic keyboard introduction and then his voice undulates, rising and falling in pitch. One would think the melody is a random improvisation until the notes are repeated, and the Western listener realizes the song has a chorus and verse. This is Oromo music, a tradition which was nearly lost, but it has become popular once more.
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Geography
The Oromo ethnic group is the majority in the nation of Ethiopia, and it also has members in Kenya and Somalia. Oromo music is sung, played and danced to wherever the Oromian refugees have settled.
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History
Oromo music is tied to the history of the ethnic group which has occupied large portions of the Horn of Africa since at least the sixteenth century. Under Abyssinian monarchies and Communist dictatorships, the Oromo culture--including its music--was almost destroyed.
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Potential
Through Ethiotube.net, the You Tube equivalent of Ethiopian music videos for Ethiopian youth, Oromian music may endure and unify Oromians around the world. Tilahun Gessesse and other Ethiopian musicians have visited other countries with the music of Oromia
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Significance
The music of Oromia is sung in Afaan Oroma, one of the most widely used Ethiopian languages. The music and the language are important to the culture of the Oromian people as they seek to gain political power in Ethiopia.
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Famous Ties
Some of the new singers in Oromo music include Kemer Yousuf, Aliyi, Saliha Sami, and Tajuu Shurbee Hajii. Some of the Oromo artists from the "Golden Age" of Ethiopian music include the late Tilahun Gessesse and Ali Birraa.
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