"I found Tsehaytu by coincidence in Rotterdam, Holland, discouraged and not playing much anymore. I build her a new krar and after some practice sessions, we decided to record the CD together. There isn¹t really much Eritrean music recorded, from those days."
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Tsehaytu Beraki
Tsehaytu Beraki (Tigrinya: į½įįį± į į«įŗ; 1 September 1939 ā 24 May 2018) was an Eritrean musician, poet and political activist, known for her singing and playing of the krar (a five-string harp).
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