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For the last 5 years Asnakech Worku is suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. For this reason she is not able to perform anymore. Asnakech was the first actress in Ethiopia and the only famous woman beside Mary Armede who played the Krar….
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Asnakech Worku – the great diva from Ethiopia with her lyra Arada….
Ethiopian Music – Asnakech Worku on Kirar…
An Ethiopian legend….
Asnakech Worku was born in 1931, in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Since the times of Emperor Haile Selassie I, she has become a legend in Ethiopian music. Asnakech accompanies herself on the Krar, the small Ethiopian lyre. She bought her first instrument for 25 Cents when she was a child and learned how to play the instrument by watching the Azmari, the Ethiopian musicians that are sometimes compared wit…
Asnakech Worku was born in 1931, in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. Since the times of Emperor Haile Selassie I, she has become a legend in Ethiopian music. Asnakech accompanies herself on the Krar, the small Ethiopian lyra. She bought her first instrument for 25 Cents when she was a child and learned how to play the instrument by watching the Azmari, the Ethiopian musicians that are sometimes compared wit…