Tamagn Beyene

Tamagn Beyene (Amharic: ታማኝ በየነ) is an Ethiopian human rights activist, former actor, comedian and media personality. Born in Gondar, Tamagn was recruited to the Gondar Traditional Group in 1981. He soon joined the Ethiopian National Theatre in 1983, performing as comedian, actor, singer, drummer and saxophonist.

Tamagn Beyene
Born
Chilga, Gondar, Ethiopia
Occupations
  • Political activist
  • actor
  • comedian
  • media personality
Years active1981–present
Political partyIndependent

During the Tigray People's Liberation Front regime, Tamagn exiled to the United States in 1996 and worked as activist against the authoritarian government. Tamagn finally returned to Ethiopia by the call of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in September 2018.

Life and career

Tamagn Beyene was born Chilga, a small town in Gondar. At his young age, he established a Children's Musical Group, and was later recruited to the Gondar Traditional Group in 1981. As his enthusiasm at arts and theatre influenced gradually, he was recruited by the National Theatre in 1983. Since then, he served in the National Theatre in various aspects.[1][2] Tamagn played a mult-facet professions in the theater: comedian, singer, drummer and saxophonist.[3]

Since the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) came to power in 1991, he was living in exile in Washington D.C. in 1996.[4][5] He opposed the authoritarian TPLF regime and its ethnocentric policies and he was under political persecution, which made him a political activist.[6] Under Abiy Ahmed power in April 2018, he called the opposition groups of the former ruling party, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), including Tamagn, to return in Ethiopia.[7] On 1 September 2018, he returned to Addis Ababa after spending in exile in the United States. He was welcomed by government officials of Ministry of Industry Ambachew Mekonnen and Mayor of Addis Ababa Takele Uma Banti.[8]

References
  1. "Tamagne Beyene – Ethiopian Diaspora Trust Fund". Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  2. "Tamagn beyene amazing interview". ETHI0-MEREJA. 14 November 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  3. Insight, Addis (1 September 2018). "Addis Welcomes Activist Tamagne Beyene and Journalist Fisseha Tegegn". Addis Insight. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  4. "Ethiopia: Prominent exiled activist returns home to rapturous welcome – The Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT)". ethsat.com. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. "President Mulatu Receives Tamagn Beyene". Walta Info.
  6. Ethiopian register. Ethiopian Register. 1996.
  7. "Ethiopia: Prominent exiled activist returns home to rapturous welcome – The Ethiopian Satellite Television and Radio (ESAT)". 2 December 2021. Archived from the original on 2 December 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  8. "Right activist, Artist Tamagn Beyene returns home after 22 years". Ethiopian news. 2 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
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