Fano tesemara (Amharic: ፋኖ ተሰማራ, 'O Guerrilla, rise to arms') is an Ethiopian song. It was one of the most popular protest songs of the Ethiopian Student Movement (ESM) during the late 1960s.[1] [2] The song was inspired by the Cuban and Vietnamese revolutions, as manifested in its opening lines:[1]
Amharic: ፋኖ ተሰማራ፤
Amharic: ፋኖ ተሰማራ፤
Amharic: እንደ ሆ ቺ ሚኒ፤
Amharic: እንደ ቼ ጉቬራ
English: O Guerrilla, rise to arms!
English: O Guerrilla, rise to arms!
English: Follow the example of Ho Chi Minh!
English: Follow the example of Che Guevara