Tamagne beyene biography of albert
Tamagn Beyene
Ethiopian human rights activist and media personality
Tamagne Beyene | |
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| Born | Chilga, Gondar, Ethiopia |
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| Years&#;active | –present |
| Television | Tamagn Show |
| Political party | Independent |
Tamagne Beyene (Amharic: ታማኝ በየነ) is an Ethiopian human rights activist, former actor, comedian and media personality.
Born in Gondar, Tamagne was recruited to the Gondar Traditional Group in He soon joined the Ethiopian National Theatre in , performing as comedian, actor, singer, drummer and saxophonist.
Tamagne beyene biography of albert Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from January Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata Articles with hCards Year of birth missing living people. In other projects. Archived from the original on 2 December Chilga , Gondar , Ethiopia.During the Tigray People's Liberation Front regime, Tamagne exiled to the United States in and worked as activist against the authoritarian government. Tamagne finally returned to Ethiopia by the call of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in September
Life and career
Tamagne Beyene was born Chilga, a small town in Gondar.
At his young age, he established a Children's Musical Group, and was later recruited to the Gondar Traditional Group in As his enthusiasm at arts and theatre influenced gradually, he was recruited by the National Theatre in Since then, he served in the National Theatre in various aspects.[1][2] Tamagne played a mult-facet professions in the theater: comedian, singer, drummer and saxophonist.[3]
After the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) came to power in , he chose exile in Washington D.C.
in [4][5] He opposed the authoritarian TPLF regime and its ethnocentric policies and he was under political persecution, which made him a political activist.[6]
When Abiy Ahmed came to power in April , he called the opposition groups of the former ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), including Tamagne, to return in Ethiopia.[7] On 1 September , Tamagne returned to Addis Ababa after spending 27 years in the United States.
He was welcomed by government officials of Ministry of Industry Ambachew Mekonnen and Mayor of Addis Ababa Takele Uma Banti.[8]