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Women in Eritrean music
Female artists during the struggle for independence
Female singers and musicians who joined the Eritrean forces in the s became the first to break from the old tradition, in which women were not welcome to perform music in public.
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Women joined Eritrea's independence movements in the early s, a decade after the start of the war.
With the formation of cultural troupes in divisions and later full-fledged musical bands, women singers were assimilated as performers, actors and singers.
The establishment of the Asmara Theater Association () in is credited in developing the musical careers of numerous trailblazing female artists.
Tebereh Tesfahuney first joined the Asmara Theater Association in at the age of 16 as a dancer.
She soon found fame for her hit song ‘Eti Gezana Abi Hedmo’ with its embedded meaning about the Ethiopian encroachment into Eritrea. This single was censored in the mids. Another single, ‘Aba Shawel’, renders a scenic depiction of the moon