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The Very Best Of Éthiopiques Cult Hits From The Original Series (Album) by Menelik Wèsnatchèw

Artist Biography For Menelik Wèsnatchèw

Menelik Wèsnatchèw Started Out In 1961 At The Haile Sellassie I Theatre Under The Brilliant Tutelage Of Nersès Nalbandian Before Joining Girma Bèyènè’s Ras Band In Late-1965 / Early 1966. He Belongs Firmly To The Modernists Who Made Their First Bold Mark In The 1960s. In 1979 He Took Up A Job In Sudan Leaving Behind The Wallias Band And The Comfort Of The Hilton To Flee Mengistu’s Ethiopia And With A Brief Egyptian Interlude In 1983-85 He Remained In Exile In The Sudan Until The Fall Of The Dictator.

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