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"A pillar of the Addis Ababa music scene in the 1970s to the 90’s, Ali’s prodigious output was the result of his skill at organization and self-discipline. His label, Kaifa became a successful independent record label in Ethiopia, producing some of the great, most uplifting and most enduring popular music in history. Ali, was born in Jimma, South West of Addis Ababa, to an Ethiopian mother and Yemeni father. He started out assisting his father in the coffee trade in his teen…
