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Faytinga is a singer and musician from Eritrea. She belongs to the Nilotic Kunama ethnic group. ==Biography== Born Dahab Faid Tinga in 1964, Faytinga is also commonly known as Dehab Faytinga. She hails from the Kunama people, a Nilotic community inhabiting Eritrea. It is one of the nation's recognized ethnic groups, where women and men have equal rights.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://matricien.org/geo-hist-matriarcat/afrique/kunama )〕 in 1977, at the age of fourteen, Faytinga joined the liberation struggle and she became a combatant during the Eritrean War of Independence until the liberation in 1991.〔 After being given military and political training at Bilekat, she was assigned to the public administration department. In 1987 she started to work with the Department of National Guidance to set up the Kunama radio programme. She then joined the cultural troupe as a Kunama language singer. In the late 80's, Faytinga was reassigned to the public administration department in Kassala, Sudan and later Tokombia, where she was elected as member of the assembly of the National Union of Eritrean Women’s of Tokombia district. Faytinga's mother grew up in the highlands of Eritrea, while her father was a revered freedom fighter among the Kunama people. He was given the nickname of 'Fighting gun' (taken from his name 'Faid Tinga') by the British administration in the early 50's. In 1990, Faytinga toured the US and Europe as a member of The National Folkloric Troupe of Eritrea called the Sibrit Cultural Troupe. After releasing her first album “Selada” on tape, she toured for the first time as a solo artist in 1995. Faytinga won the 2nd prize and 1st East African women singer at the 2000 Ma’ Africa in Benoni, South Africa. It took until 1999 and an appearance at the Africolor festival in France, before she could record her first album "Numey". Faytinga composes her own songs and also interprets work from well-known poets and composers from Eritrea. When singing, she plays the krar, a small lyre. The CD album "Numey" is Faytinga's first international release on the Paris-based Cobalt label. All of the songs on this album of hers are in her native Kunama language, which belongs to the Nilo-Saharan family. In 2003, Faytinga released her second album "Eritrea". Besides the krar and wata, she also brought guitar, flute, and percussion sounds. Faytinga has been performing around the world representing Eritrea as a 'cultural ambassador' for her country. She participated in particular to Expo 2005 in Aichi, Japan and to Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. She also attended the Earth Summit 2002 held in Johannesburg, South Africa. In addition, she has been collaborated with other artists such as the group Ouï-Dire in an attempt to mix her voice, her music and culture with that of other continents. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.maisonpop.fr/spip.php?article230 )〕 Faytinga's music or photos are featured in various books, expositions, blogs, 〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://ifriqiyah.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/faytinga/ )〕 video documentaries, and other. Faytinga has always been interested in music and developed her style ‘in the field’ that represents her own blend of several traditional music forms. On 30 August 2004, in an interview with Joel Savage for The Voice Magazine she said that ''“I sing about peace, love, and togetherness, since war, conflict and other disturbances did not bring any positive change to Africa, but it only creates refugee crisis, pains, agony, discomfort and economic hardship. I bring a music of hope to the people.”'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dehab Faytinga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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