"Etiopiasafari" is a 1976 single by

Jaakko Löytty Jaakko Löytty (born 1955, Finland) is one of the most significant Finnish gospel musicians. Löytty spent much of his youth, 12 years, in Namibia, where his parents, Seppo Löytty and Kirsti Löytty worked as missionaries with the Finnish M ...

, and Jukka Linkoheimo. It was released in support of their tour of

Ethiopia Ethiopia, , om, Itiyoophiyaa, so, Itoobiya, ti, ኢትዮጵያ, Ítiyop'iya, aa, Itiyoppiya officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country in the Horn of Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the ...

the same year. It was released by Kirkon nuorisotyön keskus and , organisations of the

Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland The Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland ( fi, Suomen evankelis-luterilainen kirkko; sv, Evangelisk-lutherska kyrkan i Finland) is a national church of Finland. It is part of the Lutheran branch of Christianity. The church has a legal positio ...

. During the trip to Ethiopia, the Löyttys and Linkoheimo met in an

Addis Abeba Addis Ababa (; am, አዲስ አበባ, , new flower ; also known as , lit. "natural spring" in Oromo), is the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. It is also served as major administrative center of the Oromia Region. In the 2007 census, t ...

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an Oromo musician by the name of Ali Mohammed Birra, and bought from him his

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. On that LP there is a song about the River Hawash, which later inspired Jaakko Löytty to write a song of the same name that became the title song of his 1984 LP ''

Hawash! ''Hawash!'' is a 1984 album by Finnish gospel musician Jaakko Löytty. It is his first album with clear African influences. The title song was inspired by the Oromo musician Ali Mohammed Birra, whom Löytty met in 1976 during the Etiopiasafar ...

Songs

A. Etiopiaan – Safarilaulu To Ethiopia – A Safari Song'/h2>
Jukka Linkoheimo – vocals,
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Kari Chydenius – electric guitar Kare Ojaniemi – bass Petri Ojaniemi – organ Heikki Chydenius – guitar Arto Rauta –
tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, though ...
Kaisla Ojaniemi –
maracas A maraca (), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music. It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair. Maracas (from Guaraní ), also known as tamaracas, were r ...
Jaakko Löytty – guitar Kaisu Löytty –
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Music: J. Linkoheimo, words: K. & J. Löytty * Arrangement, conductor, producer: Kare Ojaniemi * Recording engineer: Timo Ulkuniemi, 4 April 1976, Helsinki (recorded live)

B. Jumala on sama siellä ja täällä ��God is the same here and there’/h2>
*Jaakko löytty – vocals, guitar, harmonica Kaisu Löytty – vocals – drums –
electric piano An electric piano is a musical instrument which produces sounds when a performer presses the keys of a piano-style musical keyboard. Pressing keys causes mechanical hammers to strike metal strings, metal reeds or wire tines, leading to vibrations ...
Seppo Lindell – bass ** Jukka Linkoheimo – vocals, guitar Music: J. Löytty, words: K. & J. Löytty Recording engineer – Seppo Lindell,
Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...
, 18 February 1976

External links

Etiopiasafari in Discogs
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