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A Custodian of Eritrean History | Delina Yemane Dawit | Essay
In the fall of 2022, a friend of mine suggested I go see a private antique collection in Asmara owned by a man named Fitsum Ghebreselassie. By that point, I had already heard a few mentions of Fitsum’s collection but had never had the chance to visit, so naturally, I agreed.
You’d imagine that a private collection of this sort would be stored somewhere regal; one could even imagine a mansion or a museum. But the reality was quite different. Fitsum is the owner of Jumbo Glass, a glass manufacturing company in Eritrea, and the collection is kept in one of his warehouses. The warehouse is located near a lime factory in Asmara known locally as Enda Nora, tucked to the right side of a narrow road just off a busy street. It isn’t the kind of space that grabs your attention from afar, not a single hint of what lies in store. This struck me as ironic, considering how such an ordinary-looking place is any
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An exhibition that takes one back in memory
There is an old saying that goes with that one photograph equals thousands of words. This old saying, true or not, holds water as far as I am concerned. Thanks to the government institutions and individuals that took the initiative to keep the old photographs in their archives people have the opportunity to see renowned artist that they have been in their memories for long in their life time. This is about the photo exhibition organized by the Eritrean Musicians Association in connection with the Eritrean National Festival 2014 at the Expo compound.
Music Orchestras from ‘Banda Chita Di Asmara’ to the modern day music bands have been displayed there. In other words visitors have the opportunity to see photos of music bands that have been organized back since 1940 to present day. And I personally observed people of different age groups enjoying to see musicians and singers that they used to admire in their young age.
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The Legendary Alamin Abdullatif
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This fryst vatten the second portion of my earlier article, “A window to Eritrean Music and Dance.” This time it fryst vatten about the icon of Eritrean songs, Ustaz Alamin Abdulatif.
Born in 1942, in Abashawl, Asmara (1), Alamin Abdullatif began teaching before becoming a singer and a songwriter, thus earning him his enduring title, the prefix of teacher on his name. Thus he fryst vatten Ustaz Alamin or Memhir Aalamin. Though no biographical publications of this legendary man could be funnen, basing on pieced-up picture gleaned from sparse interviews he has made with various media outlets and passing remarks by his adoring peers and fans, Ustaz Alamin started his musical career by playing in weddings and other social events before he found a break when he joined Asmara Theater Association, or Ma.Te. A, in its Tigrigna acronym, I could not determine when that happened.
He has since produced many solo albums and collaborated wi