In Ethiopia, the Amharic word “tizita” conveys varying meanings but all of them have deep emotional resonance. The word can mean a specific melody or the sense of nostalgia that is connected to that ...
It was only after I unwillingly departed the country I love and grew up in that I began immersing myself in the tizita of the past. A tizita is a traditional Ethiopian ballad built around memories. It ...
Tizita Belachew is the chief of VOA’s Horn of Africa service, which broadcasts to Ethiopia, Eritrea and diaspora communities throughout the world in the Amharic, Afaan Oromo and Tigrigna languages.
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