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 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 ...

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 ...