Tizita

Tizita | ትዝታ Meaning Aster Aweke’s “Tizita” (ወዲያ ማዶ) is a masterclass in Ethiopian nostalgia, where her velvet voice transforms the titular “memory” into a physical landscape. The opening lines—“Gazing beyond, I measure the distance of what’s near / How can I live without my departed beloved?” (ወዲያ ማዶ እያየሁ የቅርቡን አርቄ / ምነው እኖራለው የሄደን ናፍቄ)—frame loss as geographical exile, while tears “solidify […]