Ruth Abraha, also known as Rutta Abraha (born 1989), is a singer from
Eritrea
Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...
. She is the lead singer of the group Wari.
Career
Abraha's style has been described as a combination of
Helen Meles,
Elsa Kidane, and
Gual Ankere. As of 2011, she was dominating the Eritrean music scene. The ''
Ethiopian Review'' described her as "the hottest singer in the
Horn of Africa
The Horn of Africa (HoA), also known as the Somali Peninsula, is a large peninsula and geopolitical region in East Africa.Robert Stock, ''Africa South of the Sahara, Second Edition: A Geographical Interpretation'', (The Guilford Press; 2004), ...
right now". Abraha's fans call her "Ruta Shikor". With a relaxed, stylish persona, she presents an ideal of modern Eritrea.
Abraha was one of the performers at the 5th
Eri Youth Festival, held in the
SAWA Defence Training Center, Eritrea on 13–15 July 2012. Other acts at the festival included the
Eriam Sisters and
Helen Meles.
See also
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Eriam Sisters
References
External links
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1989 births
Living people
21st-century Eritrean women singers
People from Asmara