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By Groum Abate
27 March 2007
The young talented vocalist, songwriter and producer Tewodros Kassahun alias Teddy Afro, is going to rock the town after the Easter holidays in his first show in two years.
Teddy has conducted two concerts in Ethiopia so far his last one being held for the 60th birthday of Bob Marley celebrated at Meskal Square in 2005.
His latest concert is planned to be staged at the Tropical Garden in the coming few weeks and would also include his latest album ‘Yasteserial’. which hit music stores and took over the music charts for over a year.
It had been reported that he himself was to organize a concert at Meskal Square after just releasing his last album but was later denied a permit by the authorities for security reasons.
The concert at Tropical Garden was planned to be staged on April 13, but was later postponed for two weeks.
The young mega hit star is well known for singing about issues that deeply affect Ethiopian society and has caught the attention audiences with songs like “Haile Gebreselassie”, “Kenenisa”, “Chemin”de Fer”, and “Ja Yasteseriyal”.
Three of Teddy’s latest songs – “Chemin”de Fer”, “Au Au Taye” and “Ja Yestesiriayal” – were banned from being aired on Ethiopian television, national radio and FM 97.1 after being deemed dangerously political.
The word ‘Yasteseriyal’ means ‘Jehovah pleads for the sins of mankind.’
It is to be recalled that the young artist was recently accused of a hit- run allegation and later set free after the prosecutor dropped the charges in a court hearing at the Federal First Instance Court.
Teddy recently came back to Ethiopia after a 10 month long international tour, hosting concerts in the USA, Europe and the Middle East and promoting his latest album. He left the country, after he rebuffed a 130,000 birr deal with the Sheraton Addis for a New Year’s Eve performance, allegedly unhappy over the ban on his signature songs.