All who came to his house didn’t have to be asked if they would like some tea, they felt so much at home that they would simply go ahead and make tea as much as they please.” Concerned that her son’s generosity was bordering foolishness during such a difficult time when sugar was as scarce and as expensive of a commodity as everything else was, his mother thoughtfully advised Yemane’s wife to at least put the sugar inside the house. “He had a sack full of sugar outside his door and a tea kettle with some cups.
Azeb Gebrehiwet, recalling the time when she visited him in Sudan. “His generosity knew no boundaries!” says his mother Mrs. where they were able to make better lives for themselves. While in Sudan, he aided hundreds of Eritrean refugees cross over into Saudi, Europe, the US etc. Yemane’s inexhaustible kindness, generosity and love for his people is not something that is merely to be pointed out with simple references to his powerful music. With his heartfelt approach to his passion for music and his knack for moving lyricism, Yemane soon began to grip the imagination of the youth in Asmera. Although Yemane was an excellent student, he simply could not resist his true calling. Completely overtaken by the passion that gave him the power to defy his parents insistence that he should solely focus on his studies at Kidisti Mariam, Yemane would eventually drop out of school when he was only in the 9th grade.
As time progressed, Yemane found himself gravitating into the world of performing arts to the dismay and relentless opposition of his parents. Soon after, his interests expanded into music and theatre. Yemane’s interest in poetry began to bubble into the surface when he was in 7th grade at Camboni School. Yes, this date marked the birth of the Eritrean griot whose revolutionary and defiant music would force him to flee his beloved Asmara 26 years later. On January 21st, 1949, the revolution that dared to be broadcasted arrived as a bundle of joy to Mr.
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