Tessema Eshete [SEP] date of death
Tessema Eshete
Tessema Eshete (27 July 1876 to 13 October 1964) was born in Minjar, Ethiopia, to his mother Woleteyes Habtu and his father Eshete Gube.
In the year 1908, Tessema was selected by Emperor Menelik and sent to Germany with German concessionaire Arnold Holtz to be trained as the first Ethiopian Automobile driver/auto mechanic. This was to be a life-changing mission for him. He accomplished his training, and also recorded Ethiopia's first music/songs on 17 double sided shellack disks. A
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- Yidnekatchew Tessema. "Sem Ena Worqu Tessema Eshete". 1992.
- Siegbert Uhlig. (Editor). "Proceedings of the XVth International Conference of Ethiopian Studies, Hamburg, July 20–25, 2003". Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006. Pages 404-407. Online text
Discography.
- Azmari Tessema Eshete. "Ethiopiques 27: Centennial of the First Ethiopian". Buda Records, 2011.