
African Jazz Village, at the Ghion Hotel, is the Addis Ababa club of Mulatu Astatke, the father of Ethio-jazz. On performance nights the intimate venue fills with the hypnotic grooves that fuse Ethiopian scales with jazz, funk and soul, often featuring Astatke himself or leading local musicians. For music lovers it is a pilgrimage site and one of the city’s most atmospheric spots to experience the sound that put Ethiopian music on the global map.