Category: Art
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Eritrea’s Conscripted Musicians in Ethiopia
What is art and what’s its role? For the government of Eritrea, art is a means of propagating is message: obedience to whatever happens to be its policy. This is so central to the ruling party (when we had one), “culture and art” was on equal footing with politics, organization and finance. As a matter…
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To Be Ungagged, To Speak, Something Must Give
It’s not only your contempt, In truth, you must have been tempted, By my respect. Its not just your sacrilege, Who is to say who: Curated our neglect, Defaulted on our debt, Stuffed rugs with the swept? Your chest for a drum, Their torso on the lam, A year, for many years. No you may…
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ኣይይ ዘገርምዩ ዘገርምዩ ኣብራር ናትካሰ ዘገርምዩ ዘገርምዩ!
There are few certain things: 1. Any government however liberal or conservative, left or right, will find a way to tax you; 2. You may live the right way or the wrong way; but, eventually, you will die. 3. If Abrar Osman writes a song, it will be either good or excellent. This is excellent.…