"March Forward, Dear Mother Ethiopia" (
), also known by its
incipit
The incipit ( ) of a text is the first few words of the text, employed as an identifying label. In a musical composition, an incipit is an initial sequence of Musical note, notes, having the same purpose. The word ''incipit'' comes from Latin an ...
as "Honour of Citizenship" (), is the
national anthem
A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European ...
of
Ethiopia
Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...
.
History
The lyrics were written by Dereje Melaku Mengesha, and the music was composed by Solomon Lulu Mitiku. The song was adopted in 1992, as part of reforms that followed the
collapse of the
People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
The People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (PDRE; ) was a socialist state that existed in Ethiopia and present-day Eritrea from 1987 to 1991.
The PDRE was established in February 1987 as a Marxism-Leninism, Marxist-Leninist one-party state upo ...
.
Lyrics
See also
* "
Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first
(, "Ethiopia, Ethiopia, Ethiopia be first") was the national anthem of Ethiopia from 1975 to 1992, during the Derg military junta of Mengistu Haile Mariam. The anthem was first performed on Revolution Day (Ethiopia), Revolution Day on 12 Septemb ...
", the national anthem from 1975 to 1992
Notes
References
External links
Ethiopia: ''Wodefit Gesgeshi, Widd Innat Ityopp'ya'' - Audio of the national anthem of Ethiopia, with information and lyricsarchive link
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African anthems
Ethiopian songs
National symbols of Ethiopia
1992 songs
Compositions in C major