Ethiopian National Defence Force Band

An American propaganda poster during the Second World War depicting a bugler from the band.

The Ethiopian National Defence Force Band (ENDFB) (Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ብሔራዊ መከላከያ ባንድ) is a musical division in the Ethiopian National Defense Force. The band is the successor to the Imperial Bodyguard Band for the Ethiopian Empire. It commonly receives assistance from the British Corps of Army Music.[1][2] It is composed of a Marching band, a Big band and a Corps of Drums. The band also maintains a youth division.[3]

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Sources

  1. ↑ "Army music making in Ethiopia". Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  2. ↑ "Short term training for Ethiopian National Defence Force band". Retrieved 2018-07-18.
  3. ↑ "At 10, he moved with his mother to Addis, and a few years later, he joined the Ethiopian Army band's youth division". The New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-18.
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