Tilahun Gessesse, Leading Ethiopian Singer, Die_s Tilahun Gessesse, a dominant musical voice in his native Ethiopia, died April 19 in Addis Ababa. He was 68. One news story called him the ''Ethiopian Pavarotti," which is a bit of a stretch culturally even in the world of puffery agents. It also could be seen as an offense to the people of the Horn of Africa. After all, would you call Pavarotti the "Italian Tilahun Gessesse"? Gessesse remains a bit of a blank in the American press, with a few sporadic r...
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