“Ermias was asleep one morning and I was watching him because I used to love to watch him sleep and I wrote him a text while he was sleeping so when he woke up he would read it,” said ...

Biruktawit Tasew's fingers glide over the strings of the begena, producing a deep, hypnotic sound. Along with six fellow ...

ADDIS ABABA - Ermias Haylay was 15 when he first touched a begena, one of Ethiopia's oldest instruments, that has since become "an addiction" for the young musician. From his love for the "charismatic ...