Playwright Banna Desta has brought to life an often-overlooked ancient African civilisation in her latest work - a compelling ...

Saba, meanwhile, sings of the legendary Queen of Sheba ... one-stringed fiddle - plays an ancient Hebrew melody at the end, in recognition of the belief that Ethiopia's Jewish community is ...

Queen Yodit must decide which of her twin ... tone of the play," says Desta "because I feel like a lot of Ethiopian music has that ancient quality and then jazz is that sort of contemporary ...

The Ethiopian Orthodox Church dates the top-down Christianization of Aksum circa 330 ... Mai Shum (meaning chieftain's water) is believed to be the ancient Queen of Sheba's bath or pool. The bath is ...

Queen Yodit must decide which of her twin sons - Kaleb or Negus - must succeed ... "The score parallels and complements the tone of the play," says Desta "because I feel like a lot of Ethiopian music ...