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SEBLE GIRMA - Sakota

from VISIBLE 9 by Multicultural Arts Victoria

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This track, sung in the Ethiopian national language Amharic tells a love story about a girl who sees her lovers real beauty inside. Sakota is the region in which the story takes place.

SEBLE GIRMA
Seble Girma is an Ethiopian singer and dancer familiar with all Ethiopian tribes and West African styles of dance. She started performing when she was 6 years old and developed her practice over the years in Ethiopia working with organizations such as the Red Cross and Oxfam, using music to teach people about health issues such as HIV. She was also involved in an Ethiopian children’s TV program and performance the youth theatre. In her early teens, Seble travelled internationally with the Ethiopian Circus Group, visiting over 11 European countries. In 1998 she arrived in Australia and became involved in Multicultural Arts Victoria and Footscray Community Arts Centre programs. She has been a figure in local band Afro Habesha, JAzmaris and Music Manjaro. In 2012 Seble performed a special concert as vocalist for the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. She teaches Ethiopian dance workshops in Primary schools and is working on her own recordings between Australia and Ethiopia.

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from VISIBLE 9, released October 9, 2014
Written and composed by Samson Gosaye
Recorded and mixed by Mohamed Komba
Mastered at Sunshine Recorder

Vocals: Seble Girma
Keys, bass, percussion, programming: Samson Gosaye
Saxophone: Solomon Sisay

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