Eminent Ethiopian deaths of 2021: From ‘Ethiopia’s Elvis’ to notable journalist

MUSICIAN Alemayehu Eshete, 80 Known as the Ethiopian Elvis, Alemayehu became an iconic figure on Ethiopia’s jazz scene from the 1960s and performed right up until his last years. The 1960s, an era of revolutionary art,  gave not only Alemayehu but many artists the liberty to express themselves, society, and the intervention of new ideas.