The soul of Adwa is still in us, it has just been beaten into a state of comatose by decades upon decades of tribal politics and the ghettoizing of Ethiopia at the hands of despots and their foreign enablers. The zeregnenet (ethnonationalism) that is rampant throughout our country is a manifestation of plan to fracture Ethiopia that was developed once would-be colonizers realized that they could not defeat us as long as we are united.
It was precisely this spirit of jegnoch (heroes) that Abush Zeleke tapped into when he shed tears on behalf of Ethiopia and pleaded with our people to walk away from ministers of hate. As if the song “Tamenal” was not powerful enough, he followed up his moving anthem on behalf of Ethiopiawinet with an emotional interview a couple of days ago where he made it a point to remind us of our common roots.
Where politicians make it a point to traffic in divisiveness and turn people against one another, artists have a way of creating a space for healing conversations. Music is a most powerful medium for this reason, one song by Abush about solidarity drowned out the hateful speeches of demagogues like Jawar Mohammed and his fellow tribal extremists.
Songs have a way of capturing the mood of the moment and offering new paths forward, that is precisely what Abush was able to pull off in his latest single. “Tamenal” means we are sick, the song opens up with some “professor” advising Abush to...continued...
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