Alem Kebede

Alem Kebede is an Ethiopian artist who was part of the flowering of popular music in that country in the years just before the Derg dictatorship which began in 1980. (This music is collected in the multi-volume Ethiopiques series put out by Buda Musique.) She has released at least one album and continues to perform. Further information here: http://www.awesometapes.com/2010/11/wow-someone-please-tell-me-about-this.html