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Music of EthiopiaEthiopian music is strongly influenced by Muslim forms as well as folk musics from the Horn of Africa, especially Somalia.In northeastern Ethiopia, the region Wello, an Islamic musical form called manzuma developed. Sung in Amharic, manzuma has spread to Harar and Jimma, where it is now sung in the Oromo language. Famou Ethiopian musicians include Muluken Melesse and Gigi Shibabaw. 
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