Life and Ministry
Tesfaye Gabbiso Doyamo [ተስፋዬ ጋቢሶ ዶያሞ] was born in Dengora Elmete, Aletta Wondo District, Sidama Region, in 1954. His mother … [full profile in forthcoming book on Ethiopian gospel music]
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Songs in hymn book
Səbhat laʼamlak (2007)
No. 286, 446.
Wädase Amlak, vol. 2 (1991f)
- no. _ _ _ [altogether 27 songs, according to L. Balisky]
Wädase Amlak, vol. 4 (1997/98)
- p. 26, 27, 97/98, 114/15, 121, 146
God is Here (1981)
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Testimony
published in 2015:
Interviews
2024 (Nikodimos Show, Tigist Ejigu):
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Lyrics
YeTesfaye Gabbiso mezmuroch / The Songs of Tesfaye Gabbiso. Translated by Haile Jenai, edited by Lila Balisky. Addis Ababa: SIM Press, 2011; revised ed. 2012. [Read online]
Mïhïretu ayalķïhïmïna (‘His Mercy Never Ends’). Lyrics of over 200 songs sung by Tesfaye Gabbiso from 1974-2012. Hawassa: Tesfaye Gabbiso and Hawassa Mulu Wengel Church, 2012/13 (2005 A.M.).
Further reading
(1) Sources
Tesfaye Gabbiso. Music and Worship. Practicum project. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, 2004.
—. Bäziyan gize [በዚያን ጊዜ; At that time]. Addis Ababa: Mulu Wongel Church, 2010. [2002 A.M., read online]
- Engl. translation: Tesfaye Gabbiso. In Those Days: Memoirs of Religious Persecution in Yirga Alem, Ethiopia. Tr. Minas Biruk. Addis Ababa: SIM Press, 2020. [Available from SIM Book Shop]
Tesfaye Gabbiso. _ _ _ M.Th. thesis. Addis Ababa: Ethiopian Graduate School of Theology, 2021.
(2) Literature
Balisky, Lila W. “Theology in Song: Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Gabbiso.” Missiology: An International Review 25 (1997): 447-56. [Sage Journals; subscription barrier]
—. Songs of Ethiopia’s Tesfaye Gabbiso: Singing with Understanding in Babylon, the Meantime, and Zion. Eugene, OR: Pickwick Publications, 2018. [p. 251 lists Amharic articles on Tesfaye Gabbiso] [Google Books]