• Philipp Schütz

The late Alemayehu Eshete, and musical contemporaries like Mulatu Astatke and Girma Beyene worked around huge obstacles to create a unique Ethiopian sound and make it global.

• Dylan Valley

When the author heard Astatke's music, it was like listening to hip-hop for the first time.

• Dylan Valley

• Sean Henry Jacobs

The revival of Ethiopian jazz, a tradition that dates back to the 1920s, and had its heyday under Emperor Haile Selassie.