The Covert Civic Vulgarity Beneath Our Nationalist Songs
I recently came across a song by Meron Estifanos, freshly uploaded to YouTube and already making its way through Eritrean diaspora timelines with the usual warm momentum. A few thousand views. Comments full of pride. People tagging each other. I watched it the way one watches something familiar, half-present, until the chorus stopped me. ኣይበል […]
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I recently came across a song by Meron Estifanos, freshly uploaded to YouTube and already making its way through Eritrean diaspora timelines with the usual warm momentum. A few thousand views. Comments full of pride. People tagging each other. I watched it the way one watches something familiar, half-present, until the chorus stopped me. ኣይበል […]
