Asnaketch Worku

Biography

Asnakech Worku was born in the Sidist Kilo Asnakech hails from the Amhara people.

Born in the Sidist Kilo, Worku She never met her father, and her parents split up soon after she was born. Worku was raised by her godmother, who she didn't particularly like, after her mother died when she was three. Later, Elfinesh Marefia, her older sister, moved in with her, and the two of them enjoyed attending plays and concerts. Buying her first krar for only 25 cents, Asnaketch taught herself how to play and began performing in small bars and cabarets. Despite her long and distinguished career on the stage, Asnaketch is known primarily not for her career as an actress, but for her skills with the krar and her quick wit and inspired improvisations. The film was directed by Rachael Samuel, who called Worku "Ethiopia's Edith Piaf".