Historian Adjemian shared his doctoral research on Armenians in Ethiopia, published as a book titled “La fanfare du négus: Les Arméniens en Éthiopie (XIXe-XXe siècles)” [Fanfare Orchesta of the King: Armenians in Ethiopia (19th-20th c.)]. Adjemian, whose study is based on the field work and in-depth interviews with Ethiopian Armenians, emphasised that these interviews and oral narratives are also important archival sources in spite of lack of written sources on the topic. He told the audience in Havak Hall that Armenians living in the Ottoman Empire started to immigrate to Ethiopia in the second part of the nineteenth century, and this immigration increased in the beginning of the twentieth century following the oppressions and persecutions committed against Armenians in the empire. Adjemian also mentioned some Armenians who established close relations with the aristocratic class of Ethiopia and how they played important role in the economic and political affairs of the country. In the second part of his talk, he explained that the Ethiopian King founded an orchestra of forty orphan Armenians from the orphanage in Jerusalem and that this orchestra wrote first national anthem of Ethiopia. In the last part of his talk, he said that after the revolution which took place in 1974, Armenians faced oppressions, their population gradually decreased, and the Armenian neighbourhood was destroyed after the urban regeneration policies of the local government fifteen years ago. Below is Adjemian’s talk in full.