Desta Biramo Zaza [ደስታ ቢራሞ] was born in a Christian family in Dige Mashido, Kindo Koysha district, Wolaytta Zone, former Sidama Region, in 1972. Desta began singing in 1981 with the choir of Doge Meshido Kale Heywet Church. In 1990, he was forced to give military service to the government of Ethiopia. After the fall of the regime in 1991, he returned home and began to compose and sing own songs, thanking God who protected him in the war field.
Having served as a solo singer at the spiritual conference organized by the Wolaytta Gunuro Kale Heywet Church in 1991, he soon became a well-known solo singer, worshipping in both the Wolaytta and the Amharic language. Thanks to his songs, many cadres who persecuted him during the Ethiopian Revolution (including his older brother) became Christians and even co-workers of Desta.
Desta Birama studied theology at the Kale Heywet Seminary in Sodo (Wolaytta). In 2024 he was ordained and became the pastor of the Sodo Ancient Town Area Kale Heywet congregation.
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Worship in Wolaytta
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