Tewodros Kassahun aka Teddy Afro Born: July 14, 1976 Spouse: Engaged To Amleset Muchie Parents: Kassahun Germamo & Tilaye Arage

Teddy Afro or Tewodros Kassahun was born on 14 July 1976 to parents of artistic talents and fame. While his mother, Tilaye Arage, was well known in Ethiopia for her professional dancing in her younger days, his late father, Kassahun Germamo, was a renowned and highly-regarded Ethiopian songwriter.

Since musical talent runs in the family, one can safely assume that Teddy Afro was predisposed to have admirable musical talents too.

As evidently stated by Teddy Afro himself in his tribute song to his late father called Music - My Life, Teddy's father always resisted the idea of his son becoming a musician. Regardless of his father's wishes, however, Teddy trusted his own instincts and saw himself doing anything but singing as a career to arguably become the single most popular pop-star Ethiopia has produced in many years.

Not only is he a vocalist that countless Ethiopians have come to adore, he also writes his own lyrics, which many say are filled with meanings, enabling him to sing songs that mean something.

His father did not live long enough see the effects of his son's music on the lives of countless Ethiopians all over the world. But Teddy tells his deceased father in Music - My Life, that he will continue to exist through the musical abilities passed on to his son.

In Music - My Life, Teddy also confesses that his life is intrinsically intertwined with music that he cannot live outside of it, and that he was destined to be what he has become.

Teddy and his band, Abogida, toured the world bringing many of his sensational songs that have made him famous live to his fans.

From South Africa to North America, the Middle East and Australia, he criss-crossed the world to entertain and convey messages of peace, love, hope and unity in a language almost anyone can understand.

About ten years ago, the name Teddy Afro was almost non-existent as a celebrity and it wasn't until 2001 that he really stepped into the limelight. What Teddy has become since is something beyond what he would have ever contemplated for himself.

Besides becoming a household name among Ethiopians almost like no other Ethiopian musician his age, through his music, Teddy Afro has also become such a powerful and patriotic public figure that the regime felt it needed to detain him, whatever the reason.

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