Araweelo News Network.
In 1965, King Haile Salase, who ruled the kingdom, when he heard that Ali Birra’s song was being aired on the Ethiopian Radio, he found out that he was from Oromia, so he ordered to ban him. The King claimed that the radio was dangerous.
He was about to break up, but he got into trouble since he was singing about Orom, and he moved to Mogadishu at that time, as the stories indicate.The famous singer Ali Mohammed Musa, from the Oromo ethnic group, was a singer, musician and writer who sings a lot of patriotism, love, and is described as a popular song that he sang more than 267 songs. He was famous for his songs in the Oromo language, but he also sang in other languages, such as Somali, Arabic, Anfar and Amharic.
The famous Oromo singer Ali Bire’s first song on Radio Ethiopia was stopped by the King who claimed that the radio was dangerous. but 47 years later, the singer was given a national funeral. The artist’s death coincided with Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, who is from Oromo. Read about the death of the artist and his history here.