Jazzy Wednesday with Jazbyssinia band @ Fendika
We are trying to save the FENDIKA CLUB, the only cultural institution in Addis Ababa where the Azmaris (singers, musicians and poets) can perform and get paid regularly. In Ethiopia, there is no regular funding for culture - therefore artists have to rely on personal and private initiatives. Melaku Belay took over FENDIKA in 2008 and since then has become an institution in Addis and Ethiopia, while also rising to world wide international notoriety.
Now FENDIKA is in jeopardy because investors want to buy the land where the FENDIKA stands on. The club would be demolished - and Melaku's and his Azmari's lifes and existences would be over.
We don't want this to happen.