Ethiopia Part I: Empire and Revolution
Ethiopia was the first Christian nation in Africa, and the only African country never to be colonized. With ethnomusicologist Kay Kaufman Shelemay and Ethiopian music scholar and compiler Francis Falceto as guests, this Hip Deep program explores the role of the Ethiopian church and monarchy in building the country's unique brassy pop music. We sample the hot sounds of "swinging Addis" on the eve of the 1974 revolution.\n\nProduced by Banning Eyre.\n\nFollow Afropop Worldwide on Facebook at www.facebook.com/afropop, on Instagram @afropopworldwide and on Twitter @afropopww.\n\nSubscribe to the Afropop Worldwide newsletter at www.afropop.org/newsletter/\n\nAPWW PGM #512\n\n[Distributed 12/29/2016]