If you haven’t already, check-out some of those links that Awet left in the comments of yesterday’s post. Some funky stuff, plus some telling images of the war.

Today we’ll move to something more recent and certainly more studio-polished from Dehab Faytinga.

Faytinga is one of Eritrea’s most famous musicians and one of the very few to have a non-Eritrean following abroad. She has released two albums to date, Numey and Eritrea, both of which are available at good record stores and online, such as over at Calabash.

Aside from being a good musician, Faytinga is also famous for being a daughter of the leader of the “Faid Tinga” (Fighting Gun) independence movement. She fought in this movement from the age of 14 right up until independence about 15 years ago.

Faytinga comes from a mixed heritage of Kunama, Blen and Tigrinya. Her father was Kunama and most of her songs are sung in this language, but her ties through her mother to the Tingrinya and Blen add to her greater appeal amongst Eritrea’s various ethnicities.

She certainly has an original sound. Two songs today, one from each of her albums.

Faytinga – Buba
Faytinga – Salada God