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Menzuma

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Menzuma is a Sufi Islamic chant by Ethiopians, mainly to praise Allah and bless the Islamic prophet Muhammad.[1] It is common in Mualid and similar events.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Mammo, A., 1987. Some Prominent Features of the Menzuma Genre in the Wollo Region. Unpublished MA thesis, AAU.
  2. ^ Wetter, A., 2013. Rhetoric Means of a Didactic Amharic Poem from Wärrä Babbo. Aethiopica, 15(1), pp.176-203.