Ali Birra is a legendary Ethiopian singer and composer. He had ability to sing in Amharic, Arabic, Harari, and Somali languages, in addition to Oromo, his mother tongue.
The first song that he sang on stage for first time was called \"Birra dha Bari'e\". After he sang the song people gave him a nickname called \"Ali Birra\", which means \"Ali the Spring\".
For several decades from the mid-60s and onwards, Ali Birra was the most prominent representative of modern Oromo music. He was part of a golden generation of Ethiopian musicians, performing with the greatest artists and orchestras of the time; but being Oromo he was always an outsider in relation to the Amharic musicians of his time. Yet for many Oromos, he was a hero, fighting their cause at a time where the promotion of Oromo culture was illegal and singing in Oromo language banned.
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