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Ashenafi Kebede
Ethiopian composer, conductor and musicologist (1938–1998)
This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Ashenafi, and not as Kebede.
Ashenafi Kebede (Amharic: አሸናፊ ከበደ; 1938 – May 8, 1998) was an Ethiopian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, historical musicologist, music educator, novelist, and poet.
Early life
Born in 1938 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Ashenafi kebede biography definition
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. in 1969 and Ph.D. in 1971.
Ashenafi's mother, Fantaye Nekere, was an artistic individual and an early source of inspiration for young Ashenafi.
She taught Ashenafi about Ethiopian artistic forms such as poetry and verse, which he later drew upon for his work.
His paternal grandfather was Liqe Mekuwas Adinew Goshu, a renowned hero of the Battle of Adwa and a close confidant o