Aster aweke biography of barack

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Aster Aweke[ʔəsɨteɾɨ ʔəwək'ə] (Amharic: አስቴር አወቀ; born 1959)^[1] is an Ethiopian singer-songwriter. Aster's voice has attracted broader public popularity, especially tracing back in 1990s singles and her single "Abebayehosh" in Ethiopian New Year.

She is best known for her 1999 album Hagere and her 2006 album Fikir. She moved to the United States in 1981, and she returned to Ethiopia in 1997.^[2][3]

Early life

Aster Aweke was born in Gondar in 1959.^[4] She moved to Addis Ababa as a child with her father, who was senior civil servant in the imperial government of Haile Selassie.^[5] Aster hails from the Gurage ethnic group.^[6]

In a 1990 interview with Amy Duncan of The Christian Science Monitor, Aster told of the opposition of her music ambition from her parents: "My family opposed me, but i just አስቴር አወቀ | Lyrics, Song Meanings & Music Videos TAT