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Yonas Maynas. Yonas Mihretab (born November 23, 1985), known by his stage name Yonas Maynas, is an Eritrean comedian, film producer, director, musical artist and playwright. He has received several national and international awards, [2] [3] including the 2021 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) for Best Artiste, Duo or Group in African Traditional.
The music of Eritrea, is a diverse mix of traditional and popular styles originating from ancient to modern times.The nine major ethnic groups of Eritrea—Afar, Bilen, Hedareb, Kunama, Nara, Rashaida, Saho, Tigre and Tigrinya—celebrate autonomous music-making expressed through a rich heritage of vocalists, instrumentalists and activities within the country and throughout the international ...
Habesha peoples (Ge'ez: ሐበሠተ; Amharic: ሐበሻ; Tigrinya: ሓበሻ; commonly used exonym: Abyssinians) is an ethnic or pan-ethnic identifier that has been historically employed to refer to Semitic-speaking and predominantly Oriental Orthodox Christian peoples found in the highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea between Asmara and Addis Ababa (i.e. the modern-day Amhara, Tigrayan, Tigrinya ...
After declaration of autocephaly of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church was recognized by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria in 1994, the newly established patriarchal seat of Eritrea remained vacant until 1999 when Philipos was elected Abune Phillipos and the first patriarch of Eritrea (1999–2001). He was succeeded by Abune Yacob in ...
Isaias Afwerki ( Tigrinya: ኢሳይያስ ኣፍወርቂ, [ 2] pronounced [isajas afwɐrkʼi] ⓘ; born 2 February 1946) [ 3] is an Eritrean politician and partisan who has been the first and only president of Eritrea since 1993. In addition to being president, Isaias has been the chairman of Eritrea's sole legal political party, the People's ...
Tigrayans • Tigre • Zay • Amhara • Gurage • Harari • other Habesha peoples. The Tigrinya people ( ትግርኛ, ብሄረ ትግርኛ Təgrəñña ), also known as the Biher-Tigrinya or Kebessa, are an ethnic group native to Eritrea. They speak the Tigrinya language. [ 3][ 4] There also exists a sizable Tigrinya community in the ...
Occupation. entrepreneur. Known for. support for Tigrinya language and culture. Kisanet Tedros is an Eritrean educational entrepreneur. She operates fromn Uganda where she supports her country's diaspora, the Tigrinya language and it's culture. She was identified as one of the BBC's 100 Inspirational Women in 2022.
Tigre ( ትግረ, also known as Tigré ትግሬ; tigrē, or by its Eritrean autonym Tigrayit ትግራይት) is an Ethiopian Semitic language spoken in the Horn of Africa, primarily by the Tigre people of Eritrea. [ 3] Along with Tigrinya, it is believed to be the most closely related living language to Ge'ez, which is still in use as the ...