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Bereket Mengisteab
Eritrean musician (born )
Musical artist
Bereket Mengisteab (Tigrinya: በረኸት መንግስተአብ; born ) is an Eritrean songwriter, composer and singer.
Life and work
Early life
Mengisteab was born in in Hazega, an Eritrean village approximately 20&#;km (12&#;mi) northwest of Asmara, the nation's current capital.
He spent his early life in the village farming, where he taught himself to play the krar and took part in musical events that were part of the local area's culture. He moved to Asmara for a few years, where his musical performances were limited to his friends.[1]
Addis Ababa
In , he moved to Addis Ababa and joined the Haile Selassie Theater Orchestra.
He remained with the orchestra for over a decade and performed with them across Ethiopia, as well as in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, at the Festival mondial des Arts Nègres in Senegal, and at the Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He recorded his first nine singles during this period, all for the