Trending: Eritrea’s ‘Bob Marley’ moment? – BBC
By Paul Brown A musician from tiny Eritrea has caused a stir on YouTube, with a protest song that appears to criticise the government of President Isaias Afewerki. Eritrea is the kind of a place where protest
By Paul Brown
A musician from tiny Eritrea has caused a stir on YouTube, with a protest song that appears to criticise the government of President Isaias Afewerki.
Eritrea is the kind of a place where protest songs don’t go viral every day. It is one of Africa’s smallest and most tightly-controlled states. Yet a track named Hadnetna (or “Our Unity”) now has over 100,000 clicks. The artist behind the track is Yohannes “Wedi” Tikabo, and while his song sounds gentle and lilting, his words are not.
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ghezai November 27, 2013
hgdefawyan what they going to say now he is CIA
suspy November 27, 2013
Ghezai They will call him “Woyane” too and their Diaspora thugs( Nsu Nhna Nhna nisu guys) will repeat after him! kkkkkkkkkkkk what a Muppets!
Kabbire November 27, 2013
I enjoyed this video about Issu, 🙂
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0GvlGLQjLg#t=49
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Truly Truly i say to you November 28, 2013
It is true! “when you get the right person in the right time things start moving.” Thanks! Wedi Vacaro, Amanuel Iyasu, Wodi Tikabo, Ato Kibrom Dafla, Tesfay Temenwo, Mesinas, and others dedicated honest patriot citizens. Now i have feeling and tasting as like the former Eritrian pride and dignity is nearing. In this wonderful team and people movement if join world recognized diplomat people like Haile Menkerious and others qualified intellectuals defiantly it will be shaking more the mafia regime and accelerating our movement.
hagerawi November 28, 2013
Let see guys. who is gigna? Wedi wedi…..etc or eti zayhademe mis kibiretu zelo Wedi haras nebiri.
Ermias November 28, 2013
Duhul….Feshfash… nebsey awxiEni ilkum tihadmu dehar HADAMI ilkum tixarefu kid imo tedelika ni wedi Medhin Berad agelgilo …..emo yelen wedi Tikabo ayrikebin eyu dhri hiji.wedi Tukabo ajoka ab godnika alena !!!
ERITRAWIT November 28, 2013
hagerawi,nebsy
Entay kolele abehaleka wedi Afom zeytble wey gud haras nebri nab tselmat dekdekas gigna kemey deu negerw.
Ahmed Saleh November 28, 2013
Wendi Tukabo an Eritrean Bob Marley and the product of patriot independent
talented singers . Yemane Barya and his alike messages is alive , you made
their day . God bless you wedi tukabo and lift the torch of truth high with pride .
Life is short but to leave a good name behind to keep remembered is honorable
which does not die forever . Again I say congratulation for the recognitions from
different media outlets .
Dawit November 28, 2013
Great wedi Tquabo this song is not only for 100,000 people only.
But it represented for the whole Eritrean people in Eritrea and diaspora.
Dawit wedi keren
Truly Truly i say to you November 28, 2013
Kabbire, i show the video. But i didn´t enjoy it, because i miss it the very important part of Isayas´s interview with Jane Daton of Aljazira. For instance where the important questions such as:-
Q. Why is the people of this country leaving their homeland?
Answer, it is lie, it is lie of Aljazira.
Q.People are immigrating because of the hardship and unlimited military service?
Answer, it is lie.
Q. National soccer defected in Kenya and athletes in UK?
A. This is news to me. I never heard.
Q.Really?
A. really.
Q.Why is there is no freedom of speech?
A.I can understand where you come from!
Q. (The most important question, did you care about those thousands immigrating citizens life or destiny?
A. I am not bothering. Why i should to bother about them!
Truly Truly i say to you November 28, 2013
So can one expect Isayas will be worried or bothered about those 367 perished citizens in Lampadusa or about those formerly perished 400 citizens in Mediterranean see even it happens more and more for the future?
The one who didn´t bother when 24,000 innocent citizens life perished during Badme war in only within two weeks war, who is responsible for that and for we lost teritorioes and Islands? How can one expect Isayas will give it a dam for 367 life perished?
I am ameased when people talking as if Isayas was ill? you people when you talking like that you are making Isayas human.
A devil never bothered or ill or be sleepless when hears people dieing, in contrary! If you don´t know the devil nature, the bible says,
The thief comes only in order to steal, kill and destroy only.” (John 10; 10)
ahmed saleh November 28, 2013
Truly
Do not forget years ago when our youth begun to flee he said ” oh , they are for vacation they will come back ”
but unfortunately they didn’t rather to see them victims in Sinai and at the mercy of the sea to perish .
Brother Truly , it reminded me our people’s respond when no one feel your pain by saying out of desperation ;
ANTA AYTIBKE INDIYU ZEBKIYENU ZELLO ‘ the same to nihna – nisu types get lost out of our face .
tesfay November 28, 2013
Hi guys. Is it true what I red on http://www.tigraionline.com/articles/terrorists-killed.html
saying “Ethiopian Security forces destroyed Eritrean terrorists in western Tigrai”?
I hope this is not the beginning of more katastrophies…:-(
ahmed saleh November 28, 2013
tesfay
Watching the clip even though I appreciate for the information but who is source in here ” alga forum ”
the mouth piece of WEYANE no different from Eri-tv the mouth piece of HGDF . They are two faces of same
coin good with political agenda .
saleh November 28, 2013
Hi Saleh,
You know this times I am so much worried about the situation in Eritrea that I read anything in the net just to hear the grass growing – of course in a very skeptical way.
In this case I was asking my self, what this “report” could mean.
Did something similar happen? If not I am relievd!
If yes: What exactly are the incitments for this report?