{"id":284,"date":"2022-04-25T15:57:59","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T15:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faytinga.com\/FaytingaBlog\/?p=284"},"modified":"2025-02-15T07:26:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T07:26:44","slug":"faytinga-and-temesghen-yared-from-eritrea-sing-the-resolution-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faytinga.com\/FaytingaBlog\/2022\/04\/25\/faytinga-and-temesghen-yared-from-eritrea-sing-the-resolution-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Faytinga and Temesghen Yared from Eritrea sing the Resolution Song"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Faytinga and Temesghen Yared from Eritrea sing the Resolution Song\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5bDnAwVuTjI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In January 2022,  Abbey Wright invited me to represent my country and participate in the &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/planetresolution.com\/\">Resolution project<\/a>&#8220;. She asked me to develop an Eritrean version of the <em>&#8220;World on Our Shoulders&#8221;<\/em> song, also called the <em><strong>&#8220;Resolution Song&#8221;<\/strong><\/em>. The Resolution Song brings together voices from all over the world in a demonstration of global unity and a call for action to protect the planet. The project aimed at sharing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCWOz8E6S7-xL2BEHuqzJSiw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">compilation of versions<\/a> from every country in the world on Earth&nbsp;Day (22 April).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Having very limited time to do that, I coopted reknowned Eritrean singer and musician <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCW5MEUgXpBX77wrbLLMmdxQ\">Temesghen Yared<\/a>  and poet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/shishai.shumendi\">Shishai Shumendi<\/a> to work on this great endeavour. Shishai translated the lyrics into Tigrinya (see box below) and adapted them to the melody. Temesghen was responsible for revisiting the original melody with an &#8220;Eritrean musical style&#8221;. He also provided backing vocals and did the studio recording and mixing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a result, the album titled &#8220;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/3OsTjnG\">World on Our Shoulders (Resolution Song)<\/a><\/em>&#8221; released on 22 April includes our song along with 16 other versions. We are very proud to be featured in this album, and hope to be able soon to produce a music video, if funding for that can be raised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Useful links:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Planet Resolution website: <a href=\"http:\/\/planetresolution\">http:\/\/planetresolution.com\/<\/a><\/li><li>Global compilation of songs: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/b8msVRuIh7A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/b8msVRuIh7A<\/a><\/li><li>Resolution Song album: <a href=\"https:\/\/spoti.fi\/3OsTjnG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/spoti.fi\/3OsTjnG<\/a><\/li><li>Faytinga website: <a href=\"https:\/\/faytinga.com\/\">https:\/\/faytinga.com\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-verse\"><em>Lyrics in Tigrinya for the song \"World on Our Shoulders\"<\/em>\n\n????? ??? \n??????\n?????\n\n?? ??\n\n???? ????\n???? ????\n?? ??! \n\n?? ???? ??? - ??? ???'?\n??? ??? ????? ?? - ????? ???\n??? ??? ??? - ??'? '? ??\n??? --- ?? ??? ??????\n\n?? ???'?? ?? ??? ???\n?? ???'?? ?? ??? ???\n?? ??? ?? ???? ??'?\n\n?? ???'?? ?? ??? ???\n?? ??? ?? ???? ??'?\n?? ??? ???\n?? ??? ??? \n?? ??? ??? \n?? ??? ??? \n?? ??? ??? \n?? ??? ???\n?? ??? ??? \n\n??? ????\n???? ??? \n?????\n\n????? ???\n??'? ???\n'?? ????!<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In January 2022, Abbey Wright invited me to represent my country and participate in the &#8220;Resolution project&#8220;. She asked me to develop an Eritrean version of the &#8220;World on Our Shoulders&#8221; song, also called the &#8220;Resolution Song&#8221;. The Resolution Song brings together voices from all over the world in a demonstration of global unity and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faytinga.com\/FaytingaBlog\/2022\/04\/25\/faytinga-and-temesghen-yared-from-eritrea-sing-the-resolution-song\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Faytinga and Temesghen Yared from Eritrea sing the Resolution Song&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,35],"tags":[7,6,45,43,10],"class_list":["post-284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discography","category-featuring","category-single","tag-eritrea","tag-eritrean-music","tag-nomusiconadeadplanet","tag-planetresolution","tag-world-music"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Faytinga and Temesghen Yared from Eritrea sing the Resolution Song &#8211; 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An accomplished and elegant dancer as well as talented singer, she became a leading figure and source of inspiration to her country men and women. In 1990, she toured the US and Europe as a member of The National Folkloric Troupe of Eritrea called the Sibrit Cultural Troupe. She toured for the first time as a solo artist in 1995 after releasing her first album on tape. She won the 2nd prize and 1st East African women singer at the 2000 Ma\u2019 Africa in Benoni, South Africa. It took until 1999 and an appearance at the Africolor festival in France, before she could record her first album \u2018Numey\u2019. The CD album \u2018Numey\u2019 is her first international release on the Paris-based Cobalt Records label. All of the songs on this album are in Kunama, a very old African language. When listening, some ties to West African music surface. The Eritrean bass-lute called the wata is remarkably similar to the ngoni. 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Faytinga is one of the first Eritrean artists engaged in support of people living with HIV and AIDS. She has participated in numerous World AIDS Day events including as guest-star singer on 1st December 2003 during the event held at the Hotel Intercontinental, and in June 2005, together with Kenyan singer Achieng Abura in an exceptional gala diner concert for the benefit of women and children affected by HIV and AIDS. She also performed on the occasion of the opening of the Namibia gender-based violence Art Exhibition on 10 December 2013 at UNAIDS Headquarters in Geneva. Freedom fighter woman turned musician, Faytinga has always been interested in music and developed her style \u2018in the field\u2019 that represents her own blend of several traditional music forms. 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