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    Arabic musical influence on the traditional music of Ethiopia
    (Addis Ababa University, 2022-11) Mastewal, Mandefro; Ezra, Abate
    This thesis focuses on the historical relationship and the music sound that had been created between Ethiopia and Arab from 7th century starting from northern and central parts of Ethiopia to trace where Arabs and Ethiopians grow more attachment to their relationship in all aspects, particularly music, after the Islamic religion began. Using Archaeomusicology and Ethnography method to get historic, social, and behavioral understanding on the influenced music, in its relation to socio-cultural context, in addition observing other related cultures, clothing, language, belonging, and the music style that is used today by the descendants of the first people who shared the Arabic culture. Data analysis includes literature review, interviews with historians, university professors, researchers, and religious leaders, and melody analysis of the folk music and archeological findings that has been inherited by the ancient Ethiopians, its related history, and the given identity of its social and cultural value in current time. The principal findings are focused on the musical influences of Arab in Ethiopia and their early history of cultural entanglement. Unlike other countries in Africa, their relationship does not start with conquest for Islamic expansion. It happened way before the Islamic religion's expansion, with the traders on the Red Sea earlier, and continued after the arrival of the Prophet Mohammed's followers as asylum-seekers in Aksum, Northern Ethiopia, in 615 A.D., when the Aksumite king welcomed them and allowed the refugees to stay in his kingdom.