Monday, 7 October 2019

நிலம் பூத்த மர மிசை நிமிர்பு ஆலும் குயில் எள்ள,

Whatever happened to Afwerki’s comely face? Eritrean music in an age of YouTube

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Screenshot from Aytitehamel, by Eseyas Debesay and the Yohannes sisters.

Screenshot from Aytitehamel, by Eseyas Debesay and the Yohannes sisters.
In 2005, Eritrean singer Ghirmay Andom had just completed his latest album. As required by the government, he submitted the lyrics to his ten songs to the censorship office (officially known as “evaluation unit”) in the Ministry of Information.

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