Sing and Sing On: Sentinel Musicians and the Making of the Ethiopian American Diaspora

by Kay Kaufman Shelemay

A sweeping history of Ethiopian musicians during and following the 1974 Ethiopian revolution.

Sing and Sing On is the first study of the forced migration of musicians out of the Horn of Africa dating from the 1974 Ethiopian revolution, a political event that overthrew one of the world's oldest monarchies and installed a brutal military regime. Musicians were among the first to depart the region, their lives shattered by revolutionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022681016X
• ISBN13: 9780226810164
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"