For Questions about Christian Congregational Music in Ethiopia
MUSIC AND MEDIA MINISTRIES
Elshaddai Television Network
First office in London; second one in Addis Ababa
Ethiopian Christian Singers and Musicians Fellowship (ECSMF)
Accountable to the Ethiopian Evangelical Church in Minnesota
Getayawkal and Biruktawit Ministries
Operating from Illinois, USA
Mahlet Institute of Worship and Music
Operating from Los Angeles, CA
MISSIONS AND ECUMENICAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Lutheran Mission (ALM)
The American Lutheran Church merged into
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
» Search for media in ELCA Archives
Basel Mission (merged into Mission 21)
» Search for media in Basel Mission Archives
Bible Churchmens’ Missionary Society
(BCMS; renamed Crosslinks)
Headquarters in London
Church Mission Society (CMS)
» Read information on archive holdings
(mainly at Birmingham University Library)
Danish Evangelical Mission (DEM)
Renamed PROMISSIO – Danish Evangelical Mission
Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM)
Until 1985 known as the Finnish Missionary Society
Finnish Lutheran Mission (FLM)
Finnish name: Kansanlähetys
Finnish Free Foreign Mission (FFFM) and
Scripture Publishers To Every Creature
(SPTEC; renamed Finnish Mission in Ethiopia)
Archive holdings at Fida International
German Hermannsburg Mission (GHM)
Official name: Evangelical-Lutheran Misson in Lower Saxony
» Write to archiv at elm minus mission dot net
Gospel Recordings (merged into Global Recordings Network)
Archives in Tucson, AZ (USA)
International Mission Photography Archive
» Search historical images from
Catholic and Protestant missionary collections
Lutheran Bible Translators
Headquarters in Concordia, MO (USA)
Norwegian Lutheran Mission (NLM)
Headquarters in Oslo
Norwegian Mission Society (NMS)
» Visit portal of mission archives at
VID Specialized University, Stavanger campus
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
» Search Pearl Digital Collections
SIM International
Archives in Charlotte, NC (USA)
» Write to international dot archives at sim dot org
St. Chrischona Pilgrim Mission
Discontinued; contact library of Theologisches Seminar St. Chrischona
Swedish Evangelical Mission (SEM)
» Read Swedish information on archive holdings
» Write to arkiv at efs dot nu
Swedish Mission Bibeltrogna Vänner (SMBV)
(renamed Evangelisk Luthersk Mission – Bibeltrogna Vänner
[ELM – Bible Faithful Friends]).
» Check the catalog at Riksarkivet.se (National Archives)
» Contact ELM headquarters
Swedish Philadelphia Church Mission and
Swedish Industrial Mission
Some material available at Jönköpings läns folkrörelsearkiv
» Write to info at jlfa dot se
Transworld Radio Africa
Broadcasting from South Africa;
programs in several Ethiopian languages
World Council of Churches
Located in Geneva (Switzerland)
» Visit inventory of joint archives of Lutheran World Federation
(i.a., Radio Voice of the Gospel), World Council of Churches, etc.
For Questions about Traditional Music in Ethiopia
Society for Ethnomusicology
Introduces a wide range of resources related to ethnomusicology
» Visit website with an overview of archives (mainly in the US)
Centre de Recherche en Ethnomusicologie
(CREM – LESC UMR 7186 CNRS Université Paris Ouest)
Hosts a large sound archive with commercial and field recordings from c. 200 countries.
» Listen to audio recordings from Ethiopia
Loeb Music Library (at Harvard University)
» See collection of Ethiopian music by Prof Kay Kaufmann Shelemay
(includes recording collection of Radio Voice of the Gospel)
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