I wanted to cry so bad thank you for keeping a record of this beautiful time in Ethiopia's history.

መቸም ላገኝው የማልችለውን ታሪክ ነው እዚህ እንደቀልድ ያገኝሁት፦ ያልተወለድኩበት ዘመን እንዴት ውብ ነበር፤ ድንቅ ዶክመንተሪ

I am here after listening to the Kassmase new songs (INTRO) great history 💚💛❤️ 🇪🇹

Whoever made this documentary mastered the art of objective journalism and grasped the meaning of beauty, Respect.

I’m not sure if you realize how much of our history you captured, how many legends in the same documentary and how much of a big piece of our country’s soul you gave back to us. Thank you !!!

the best documentary i have seen yet in my life....thank you for making me see what was there in Ethiopia before i was born

The old Ethiopia was so amazing...so much love and pride...i wished i could time travel back in time....love you my country.

Gratitude for all of those behind this great documentary.

When Bahiru and Tsegaye came on, i had goosebumps all over my body.

My God! I was totally carried away by this breathtaking documentary. so original, so unique. Big up for the BBC team and Richard Taylor. Huge respect for Ethiopian music and art professionals back in the days and left me wonder what is happening to our young generation- to us.

You look at this now and you realize the damage of brain drain. Before the exodus and scatter of Ethiopians throughout the world, there were original, articulate and intelligent Ethiopians lived among their people

Heartwarming documentary. Kudos to how you and your team have tried and successfully captured a positive glimpse of Ethiopia through its music. Sad that our music is going backwards despite all these rich resources. Strangely, it created a nostalgic feeling towards an era I don't know.

OMG!! No words!!! I was not born around that time, but I love the people in that generation and I miss everything around them. They were people who were proud of who they were. I wish I would be part of your era. I love you ❤.

So, So Good to know you're here dear Giovanni Rico, so so happy to hear your voice. Please say hello to your wonderful Sisters Juli & Liliye. May God's blessings increase on you!!! ❤❤❤

I really thank you for keeping this record 😢 its alot to us ...may god bless you and your family ❤❤❤

..... later on in life those ppl in the program went on to achieve great things and leave a legacy like no other such as the likes of Afwerk Tekele, Lauret Tsegaye, and Mulatu Astatke to name few. Some who are not with us anymore but left a lasting legacy, for them may their soul rest in peace, eternal gratitude.

Such a beautiful documentary!! Just found out about it but I’m glad I did! I love my people they make me a proud Ethiopian 🇪🇹. Does anyone noticed the beauty of Ethiopian? like ever single person on this documentary was breathtakingly beautiful 💚💛❤️

Thank you for uploading this video. I was searching the original one for years. This not just a beautiful documentary, it is an album of nostalgia and greatness. Much respect for the BBC team of 1984 and for you, the one who produced& shared this golden work with us. Zillion times THANK YOU.

no words to explain my feelings😢 i really want thank the owner of this documentary❤ we have an amazing history , the good old days i wish i have lived in those time🙆

For anyone wondering, the song at 5:40 is called Yetikimt Abeba and it's played by Neway Debebe and Roha Band.

A perfectly framed nostalgia of Ethiopia in the 1980's

A powerful documentary depicting Ethiopian art-Inteligencia during a time when free expression was costly. Yet, this material has hit me with a greater mood and emotions bringing joy and melancholy like the "tizita" songs played.

i really wane cry 😭 it was so lovely documentary ❤❤❤ where is all this grace for my Ethiopia now?!what happen to us now???i miss this kind of beautiful loving Ethiopian no hate All fun And Love.😕Thanx for sharing it oldies but goodies 💕💕💕

infact I feel very sad when I watch this documentary..why ??..because some timeless tunes on the video was loved by some of my family members who are not alive now..they are gone,but the memory is still in my mind..I miss them..thank you Mr.Richard Tylor

A blessing to see a screening of this great documentary with the presence of Giovanni Rico and Dawit yifru from Roha Bandvtoday at Addis Ababa University. Very Many thanks for sharing this gem!!

The Good old days!! I wish I'd lived in those times.

"I don't want to keep ethiopian music because it is ethiopian or my allegiance to it. But imagine what it could do to pop music ... pop music now, rock and roll couldn't satisfy me because it is singular ". Thank you for archiving a beautiful moment.

Wow what a beautiful collection. Thank you Richard on behalf of Ethiopian people.

I love this! Wow! I’m truly in awe right now. So happy to have stumbled on this gem of a documentary. How Tilahun Gesesse is missing has baffled me though! Thank you for this!!! Thank you!

It is extermely terrific documentary. It serves as historical masterpiece regarding the Ethiopian Music. Those who prepared it should be appreciated. Highest quality and depth of substance are pillars of this work!!!

Kassmasse brought me here! Amazing documentary ❤️

Thank you Richard Taylor , the golden time , to remaid me you take me back to my Genertion memories., i cry a lot that was the time i left my Country, i am living Germany. me to i have this video kassest. i have recored it from a Geremen tv.

all I say is wow how beautiful are my people. how unique are our culture and how golden was this generation with outstanding people. wow what a shame to current generation including me we had such quality people that we can proud of. what a difference compare I am seeing. they are very passionate and interesting I am so proud of the 80's. the way they behave and speak was so classy. their English is so perfect, I can't believe we lost the golden generation . the current generation all we know is copying western culture and salvaging our unique identity and glory, now we're suffering from identity crisis. we think we're educated and civilized than the oldies while we are heading in to ditch, can we call it we achieved better knowledge and education. for real we are a lost generation. thank you sharing this documentary. I hope we all take to our heart.

Bahiru Kegne, Abebech Derara, Afework Tekle, Tsegaye Gebremedhin...my Ethiopia. We are blessed to call you OURS.

I have seen this video many times but it is still new for me

Thank you! Richard Tylor , you take me back to my childhood memories.

One of the best documentary’s I have ever came a cross on any kind of network. I personally don’t comment on anything but on this one I have to give my great deepest thanks and appreciation. So Thank You!!!🙏🏾

this documentary goes beyond the surface, delving into the social fabric and history that shaped the musicians and their art. It serves as a bridge connecting the contemporary Ethiopian music scene with its deep-rooted cultural heritage. Richard's curation and the BBC's coverage are commendable. It's a nostalgic reminder of the past, but also a hopeful look to the future. ❤❤❤

It's beautiful how each individual can easily express them selves,long live my beautifull country ethiopia🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹🇪🇹

OMG! Respect Aster Aweke 🙏

My heart is so happy watching this documentary🥰🥰🥰. All of these songs my parents used to listen to brings back memories of my childhood🥰. Thank you for sharing

I Love Ethiopia & our beloved country's history!!!!

Oh my God....this is my Ethiopia...this is the country I know...thank you for showing our beautiful side to the world. This is how beautiful, rich and enduring our country people are.💚💚💚💛💛💛❤❤❤

what a documentary !!!! Just perfect I did c the 80's clearly

Time has gone a lot of people in this documentary are also gone. . .remember life is so precious so love it and live it wisely

By far the best cultural documentary I have seen in some time. This must be kept in a vault as it contains jewels and the nation's patrimony.

How come I haven't seen this amazing documentary until now. I stayed up awake most of the night after watching it. Everything was beautiful & genuine back then

Back to the golden times of Ethiopia💖💖💖💖

Tremendous film. So glad to find this, thank you for posting. I love the music and am fascinated by Ethiopian culture right now.

WOW i wanted to see only the highlights, but when I start watching I was out of control gone through that time. i just wokeup now. Thank YOU!!!

Ohhh... we lost all this harmony my fellow Ethiopians.

We tank you for the beautiful pictures , music and history ❤ Big love 🥰

@Richard Taylor - Thank you for this beautiful documentary! There is very little footage found of Ethiopia and it's inhabitants at this time so I am very appreciative you were able to capture the beauty in this episode. I know this is part of a wonderful 5 part documentary series, whose copies are very difficult to find. I would like to humbly request the upload of Episode 3 - Algeria, which covers the Rai music of the North African continent, if it is available. I can not find it anywhere sadly. Thank you in advance!

Amazing & beautiful time. Really, appreciate and all are becoming old.but still all are best music. Thank you so much Mr.Richard Taylor for your Good expression and introduced Ethiopian culture and music. Thanks a lot again,God bless you and Ethiopia.

sad we don't see well-produced documentaries like this about Ethiopia, such quality - the content, the music, the presentation ..... why do I remember these old pieces of music so well but can't recall any that came out 6 mths ago...quality dero ekre or maybe I am getting too old ... sigh

Thank you for sharing this gem. It's beautiful to watch most of the giants of Ethiopian literature and art in their youth and their reflection on their contemporaties art in a single video. If you have any other Ethiopia related video from your dad's archives please share us. Bless your father!

Just found out about this documentary! It’s my 2022 Christmas gift! Very well done and just brought back all of my childhood memories. I’m in joyful tears…

amazed, exited and felt super something internally after watching the documentary!!! we loved all the songs of zat time and listen zem all again and again! but hey those guys who listened these songs of amazing artists at the point of release; i can not imagine the feeling zat all u got since my feelings of these songs are super heart touching and sweet and flawless.....!!!! loved zat age z "golden age" respect 2 all z artists of all category of zat time!!! u r z signs 4 Our countries art peak!!! thanks for z producer and 4 zis youtube channel!!!

Crying 😭😭😭 what a time

am 29 years old but i feel am 59 cause i get back to the earlier truthful Ethiopia

When I see this video, I always miss my friends and the place where I grew up. I also reminisce about seeing my neighbor, Gesh Worku, who gave me my first book to read when I was young

Well done!!! Thank you to the folks who brought this documentary from ideation to reality.

The best documentary I've seen in my life yet.

heart warming tales of my ppl I love this era everything is done authentically ,perfection and collective effort ❤❤❤❤

The best Documentary Ever

That quote you read doesn’t reveal, define Ethiopia. They were never asleep but instead doing what they knew to do best- happy cheerful about their life. United.

ERE EGZHER YEBARKEH for uploading this gold @Richard Taylor

Forever proud by my Ethiopian genes! 💚💛❤ Monday, December 4, 2023

An amazing documentary! All the legends in the Ethiopian art industry (music, theatrical art, dance, visual Arts, poetry... ) were part of this documentary and I can't help but happy cry❤️🇪🇹 Golden age of Ethiopian art! Thank you for sharing. 🙏🏾

I am here bcz I see (awra tube) doing a video on it and the recommend is to see the documentary and I don't regret it is the best documentary

Thrilled!!! Fascinated!! In nostalgic mood now. The old piazza, the Dodge...... Wondering how people at the time were good in expressing ideas specially the honorable world laureate Afework Tekle & of course Tsegaye G/M....Just salutes

The legendary Aster Aweke I love her!!!! Thank you very much for the historical documentary video. This was the real musical history time of our country and I really miss it!

the Best documentary ever 😍😍 I cried while I didn't even knew that I was crying 😍😍😍

THE best video i have seen about Ethiopia and Ethiopian music. Lived there between 1961 and 1988. Tizita.

Waw i love Ethiopia beautiful docomntari music

The video I mostly watched on KZfaq..Thanks for uploading...this video makes me emotional

Forever indebted for this masterpiece. Thank you.

What a documentary! Beautiful❤

its heart melting ,and will leave u so speechless listening to who we were and if cameras had been invented back in a days before even this documentary were made in 300 or 500 years ,it would have left us so flabbergast because i knw what we had and is worth to note it and speak about it ,i wish time travel exist and took us back and appreciate what we had back then with the good and bad things including thanks for doing this documentary and keep it pass 🙏🙏🙏

beautiful and colorful people.

Man u r so lucky u hv captured the most beautiful time of Ethiopian

Best time for ethiopian music and you captured it all

Woooow... i like it sooo much... it's peacefull 🙏🙏🙏

Her voice takes me back...back to a happy place.🌻

The originals. stunning !!

Thank you very much Richard. That is really very nice of you to share this amazing documentary that we never had the chance to watch before. It just summarize a lot of things and clearly show the contemporary arts by then. It is really amazing work. Kudos to the journalist! please keep sharing if you have any more videos about Ethiopia or any other African countries.

Thank you so much for taking your time to making such a wonderful documentary!

Absolutely awesome. Thank you for posting this. Love my Ethiopia.

This is an awesome and beautiful documentary. It captures the essence of Ethiopia. The video of Bezawork's tezeta is her best. I cannot find the entire length of this video online. If someone has found it, please share.

really a very good documentary. the old times were very fantastic indeed.

This is real journalism.kudos to you Richard wherever you are...Gobez gazetegna

This is the best documentary I ever watched. Loved it. Thanks

Thank you bbc and individuals behind this wonderful documentary film !! I love Ethiopia so much .. Ethiopia is not only a country for me but it is a religion , a sprit also ... 💚💛❤️👏🏽

We are the children of those stunning offspring people who were proud of their extraordinary sophistication and assumptions. However, it is not been able to proceed with this generation's level of compassion. We are in an era of failure and damage. Let's wake up and found our unique enthusiasm.

A work of art. Just stunning, thank you so much :)

11:51 nostalgia 😭 Always in awe of Tsegaye G/Medhin! Rest in greatness!!!!

Huge Quirshire deserves an award for this work. Did he ? Is he still alive? Thanks for this timeless work.

Excellent documentary and storyline.

Wow this is breath taking... it is history.... I am glad it was documented at the right time so that we can see how things worked back then... Thank you BBC and Richard Taylor

Superb documentary. feeling nostalgic towards the time I wasn't even conceived.