Picture Gallery


Silt'é singer Nuria Hassen's hororo lullaby. Warabe, Silt'é Zone, Southern Nation, Nationalities and People's Region, Ethiopia.
Photo: IS 2009.

Photo: Sherif Harar City Museum Archive, Courtesy of Abdela Sherif.
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Women's käräbu drum, Harari traditional membranophone.
Photo: IS 2006.

Silt'e lullaby.
Photo: IS 2010.

Argobba woman singing zikri. Koromi, Harari People National Regional State, Ethiopia.
Photo: IS 2005.

Karabu drum holder at a Harari wedding celebration. Harar, Harari People National Regional State, Ethiopia.
Photo: IS 2005.

Mahfuz Mugad in the 70s. Harari Mugad iconography displays external musical influences and technologies: radios usually stand in front and group members hold microphones and imported instruments.
Photo: Sherif Harar City Museum Archive, Courtesy of Abdela Sherif.
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Building a käräbu drum in Harar.
Photo: IS 2006.

Harari girls reading the Quran.
Photo: IS 2003.

Harari children sing religious songs. Harar, Harari People National Regional State, Ethiopia.
Photo: IS 2005.

Somali wedding: dances and buraambur. Harar, Harari People National Regional State, Ethiopia.
Photo: IS 2002.

Late Nuria Ahmed Shami Kalid a.k.a Shamitu, most famous Harari poet and singer.
Photo: Courtesy of Ramadan Ahmed Yusuf.
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Amina Adem a.k.a. Gini performs Gey Fäqär with Harari mothers.
Photo: IS 2005.

Oromo wedding songs with dibbe drum in Harar.
Photo: IS 2002.

Harari children play Wershato for Ashura. Harar, Harari People National Regional State, Ethiopia.
Photo: IS 2002.