Kebede, Ashenafi, 1938-1998

found: Int. ww in mus., 9th ed.(Kebede, Ashenafi; b. May 7, 1938, Bulga, Shoa, Ethiopia; ethnomusicologist, composer, poet, teacher, musician)

found: Notes, June 1999:p. 863 (Kebede, Ashenafi; d. May 8, 1998, at 70 [sic]; Ethiopian composer, conductor, ethnomusicologist, musicologist, music educator, novelist, and poet)

found: Dictionary of African Biography, accessed November 25, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Ashenafi, Kebede; ethnomusicologist, composer, scholar, teacher; born 1938 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; attended the Harar Teachers' Training School; taught music at Haile Sellassie I University and the Addis Ababa YMCA before obtaining BA in Music (1962) from Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester; returned to Addis Ababa as the first official Director of the Yared School of Music (1963-1968); received MA (1969) and PhD (1971) in Ethnomusicology from Wesleyan University, United States; settled permanently in the United States; director of the Ethnomusicology Program at Queens College; assistant professor at City University of New York (1970-1976); professor of music and director of Center for African American Culture at Florida State University (1977-1998); executive officer of Ethius, Inc.; chair of the International Arts Council for African and Afro-American Affairs; designated as (S2(BNational Composer(S3 (Band awarded the Haile Selassie I Foundation Grant; died 1998)