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World Music Matters - Hacaaluu Hundessaa: the Oromo singer who helped transform politics in Ethiopia

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"Everyday I walk in this city, I know I walk alongside death," singer Hacaaluu Hundessaa said just days before he was shot dead in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on 28 June. We hear how the 34-year old protest singer became the voice of the minority Oromo ethnic group. "He was the soundtrack of the 2018 revolution that brought change to Ethiopia" Awol Allo told RFI.  
3 Jul 2020 English France TV & Film

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