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Ethiopian singer who sings in Amharic

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
United States
Active from
1959
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21,163
Total plays
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Aster Aweke (Amharic: አስቴር አወቀ) is an Ethiopian singer who lives in the United States. Born in 1961(though some sources cite the late fifties), this much-loved Ethiopian artist is musically adventerous. The daughter of a senior public servant, she was raised in Addis Ababa and began singing publicly as a teenager. In 1981, Aweke migrated to the United States and settled in Washington D.C. among a large Ethiopian expatriate community. Her popularity grew in the United States and remained strong

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date of birth
1959-00-00
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Aster Aweke
start of work period
1970-00-00
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