Hailu Mergia

This article is about a person whose name includes a patronymic. The article properly refers to the person by their given name, Hailu, and not as Mergia.

Hailu Mergia
Hailu Mergia performing at Perth Town Hall for Perth Festival, Western Australia, 2025
Background information
Born1946 (age 79–80)
Debre Birhan, Ethiopia
Genres
OccupationMusician
Instrumentskeyboard, accordion, melodica

Hailu Mergia (Amharic: ኃይሉ መርጊያ, romanized: ḫayilu merigīya) is an Ethiopian keyboardist, accordionist, composer, and arranger now based in Washington D.C., United States. He is known for his role in the Walias Band in the 1970s, one of the most significant groups in Ethiopia’s "golden age" of music.

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