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Review of "Ethiopia III: Three Chordophone Traditions by Cynthia Kimberlin, Jerome Kimberlin", Ethnomusicology, Vol.
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In his own compositions he combined Ethiopian and Japanese musical ideas. His works include a novel, Confession (1964), articles in ethnomusicology journals, the book Roots of Black Music, and numerous articles in The Chronicler, the magazine of the Center for African-American Culture. He received Fulbright awards, as well as grants from the Florida Fine Arts Council, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Canadian National Music Council, the American Council of Learned Societies, and the UNESCO. and chair of the International Arts Council for African and Afro-American Affairs. Ashenafi was executive officer of Ethius, Inc. He was also director of the Ethiopian Research Council. Queens College in New York from 1970 to 1976 professor of music and director of the Center for African American Culture at the Florida State University in Tallahassee from 1977 to 1998. During his studies in 1969, he released a LP Record entitled The Music of Ethiopia: Azmari music of the Amharas Īfter the overthrow of Emperor Haile Selassie’s government in 1974, Ashenafi decided to settle permanently in the United States with his family.Īshnenafi Kebede held several positions at American institutions, including assistant professor and director of the Ethnomusicology Program at Shortly after that he furthered his studies in the United States, at Wesleyan University in ethnomusicology. Emperor Haile Selassie designated Ashenafi as “National Composer” and awarded him the Haile Selassie I Foundation Grant for Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Affairs that same year. Hungarian critics nicknamed him the “Black Kodály” after their composer and educator, Zoltán Kodály (1882–1967). Ashenafi returned to Addis Ababa, where served as the first director of the Yared School of Music from 1963 to 1968.ĭuring his visit in Budapest in 1967, its daily newspaper introduced him as the only African composer known to the European world. His great grandfather, Dejazmach Goshu, served as a mentor and teacher to Emperor Tewodros II. His paternal grandfather was Liqe Mekuwas Adinew Goshu, a renowned hero of the Battle of Adwa and a close confidant of Empress Taitu. She taught Ashenafi about Ethiopian artistic forms such as poetry and verse, which he later drew upon for his work. in 1971.Īshenafi's mother, Fantaye Nekere, was a artistic individual and an early source of inspiration for young Ashenafi. Ashenafi was educated in musicology in the United States at the Eastman School of Music (1962), and at Wesleyan University where he obtained his M.A. Ashenafi Kebede ( Amharic: አሸናፊ ከበደ 1938 – May 8, 1998) was an Ethiopian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, historical musicologist, music educator, novelist, and poet.īorn in 1938 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.