Fano tesemara (, '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.Bahru Zewde. Documenting the Ethiopian Student Movement: An Exercise in Oral History. Addis Ababa: Forum for Social Studies, 2010. p. 13Tadias. Part Two: Exclusive Interview With Ethiopian Legend Teshome Mitiku The song was inspired by the Cuban and Vietnamese revolutions, as manifested in its opening lines:
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