Teddy Afro
Teddy Afro ( Tewodros Kassahun bourgeois, born 14 July 1976) is an Ethiopian singer.
Career as a musician
Teddy Afro started his career as a musician in 2001. His third album, Yasetseryal, with over one million units sold is the best-selling album of all time Ethiopian. His tours also taken him to Germany. Was he to go to the record company Nahom Records, his album Tikur Sew appeared in 2012 at AdikaRecords.
Political commitment and legal problems
Teddy Afro is one of the critics of the ruling Ethiopian Revolutionary Democratic Front Ethiopian Peoples ( EPRDF ). His album contains Yasetseryal between the lines criticizing the government. It appeared around the time of political turmoil associated with significant elections in Ethiopia in May 2005. Teddy Afro sat from April 2008 to 13 August 2009 due to a hit and run in connection with the death of a person in prison. Government critics have alleged the sentence was imposed solely for political reasons, because he always criticized the Ethiopian government in his songs.