Mahmoud Ahmed

This article is about the Ethiopian singer. For the Egyptian water polo player, see Mahmoud Ahmed (water polo). For the Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence, see Mahmud Ahmed.

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by his given name, Mahmoud, and not as Ahmed.
Mahmoud Ahmed
ማሕሙድ አሕመድ
Mahmoud Ahmed performing in 2005
Background information
Born (1941-05-08) 8 May 1941 (age 83)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
OriginGurage, Ethiopia
Genres
InstrumentVocals
Years active1970s–present

Mahmoud Ahmed (Amharic: ማሕሙድ አሕመድ; born 8 May 1941)[1][2][3] is an Ethiopian singer.[4] He gained great popularity in Ethiopia in the 1970s and among the Ethiopian diaspora in the 1980s, before rising to international fame with African music fans in Europe and the Americas.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference bbc2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Observer, Ethiopia (May 8, 2018). "Ten things to know Mahmoud Ahmed on his 77th birthday". Ethiopia Observer. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  3. ^ Mahmoud Ahmed at AllMusic
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