Why Teddy Afro?
Posted by akamjirta on June 10, 2008
A north light fading away
He had been a hot issue both on the celebrity and on the controversy sides, Teddy Afro. Everyone might but why Teddy’s affairs got such a mob interest and be a public heart beat? There should be explanation, right?
When Teddy first came to the industry with his first album, he was adored and everyone considered him a higher rescue officer for the Ethiopian music missing originality and tasting “the same old story”. Every station played his song, every audience requested his song. He was the sun he was the shade.
A little while there arose a claim by Teddy when a music company released his Song (which he had made before his first album but not released). Teddy claimed that the release of the new album (by he company) being immoral for he had sung a so much better now and the company is using my name and being advantageous over me. This appeased a while later.
He had clash with his former band members saying “They played my song not finely”. Wow! The band members say that he is ruining our reputation because he found his new band, AFRO SOUND BAND.
On his latter second ranked claim he appeared on court for he had used Addis Gebru’s paints (a famous painter) without the will of the artist. Before this case got adjourned, he got a clash with Seifu Fantahun, a music entertainer on FM Addis 97.1, for Seifu said that Teddy’s song (Bob Marley) is a copy from a Sudanese song titled MOBILE. Teddy was uncomfortable with Seifu’s stingy gut.
Then comes the number one case, Tedy is “WANTED!” in charge of a-hit-and-run car accident. This seems the strongest charge on Teddy ever. So far is the case about Teddy. But why is the issue such a headache to all?
[Are Ethiopians afraid of loosing hero in creating new art styles which they were thirsty? Or are they sure that he is innocent? Or do they think that he is entrapped? ]
Lots of mob activity has been seen during his case in trial and many police officers were busy in dispersing the crowd. T-shirts having his picture over them were sold up to 100 ETB. Many SMS messages have been sent saying a lot good about Teddy?
We will see what happens!
THE ETHIOPIAN CINEMA INDUSTRY
In no time ever before, these days the number of motion picture release is escalating. Let you go any cinema hall in Addis, you will see a Habesha Movie Poster on large billboard. Some years back people line up at cinema entrances for theatres but not these days. Now seems it is time for movie.
Every time a movie is released, you will hear the phrase “A movie that takes the cinema industry one step up” yet you may see some people leaving the hall five minutes after the movie is started. There are many incidents where in a single movie directing, screen play, acting, casting… might be done by a single person. This is, as I believe, a disaster to the industry’s growth. It is obvious that a person might be a multi professional but may not be a master mind in all the same time.
There are some movies that I consider as better work like SERIYET, YEWONDOCH GUDAY, ASHENGE, as having originality (These are not the only best if I should count).
It is really hard to find a real data concerning which movie is the leading income wise. I don’t know why any of them are afraid to tell the actual income they made from the movie, (the Inland Revenue or thieves, heaven knows why).
These days, if you want to go to any of the cinemas in Addis, you don’t have to bother any one, you just Google on the site: http://www.ethiojoy.com/ and make the choice.
