Yonas Mihretab (born November 23, 1985), known by his stage name Yonas Maynas, is an Eritrean comedian, film producer, director, musical artist and playwright. He has received several national and international awards,[2][3] including the 2021 All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) for Best Artiste, Duo or Group in African Traditional.[4]
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| Born | Yonas Mihretab November 23, 1985 Arareb, Eritrea | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years active | 2001–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Makda Tesfamichael (2014–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | yonasmaynas | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Yonas began his career as a comedian in 2001 at the age of 16 while a student member of the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students. He later made his first private comedy film in 2009 while contemporaneously working on his musical career.
In 2020, during the pandemic, Yonas was widely credited for being a cheerful voice entertaining and educating a swath of the Eritrean population both in Eritrea and abroad.[5]
References edit
- ^ "About Yonas Maynas". YouTube.
- ^ "Full List of Winners At AFRIMA 2021 Awards". Cool FM - Your Number One Hit Music Station !.
- ^ "ኮሜድያዊት ደርፊ ዮናስ ምሕረትኣብ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃዊ ሽልማት ተዓዊታ". BBC News ትግርኛ (in Tigrinya). Retrieved March 23, 2024.
- ^ "Iba One, Wizkid, Nikita Kering, Flavour, Blaq Diamond, Makhadzi, Fally Ipupa, Koffi Olomide, Others Win Big At Afrima 2021". modernghana.com. Modern Ghana. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
- ^ ""ሰብ ኣብ ሎሚ ኮይኑ ንጽባሕ ብሕጉስ መንፈስ ንክቕበላ ንምሕጋዝ ኢና ፈቲንና" ስነጥበባዊ ዮናስ ማይናስ". BBC News ትግርኛ (in Tigrinya). BBC News. BBC.
External links edit
Media from Commons
Quotations from Wikiquote
Data from Wikidata
- Yonas Maynas at IMDb