Personal Information 

First Name: Aster     Middle name: Mulu    Last Name: Tewolde 

 Sex: Female
Address (es) House number :1012 postcode:79 city: Bahir Dar  country :Ethiopia

,mob .+251911839666
E-mail:muluaster@yahoo.com
Nationality: Ethiopian
Date of birth: 03/29/1982

Education and Training

2002 – 2004 Bed degree – In Bahir Dar University in Amharic Teaching.

 Sep 2005 – Jan 2008 MA degree - Addis Abeba University in Ethiopian Literature and Folklore.

Sep 2008 – Dec 2008 Leadership and Management Skill Development Training at Vision 

                   Ethiopian Congress for Democracy.

Sep 2010 – march 2015 Phd degree - Addis Abeba University in Folklore. 

Work experiences

• July 2004 – Aug 2005, I thought Courses like: Poetry, Advanced Composition, College Amharic, Basic Amharic, and Introduction to folklore.
• Jan 2008 – till now, I am teaching Courses like: Introduction to folklore, Ethnography of Ethiopia , Approaches to Folklore Studies , Applied folklore, Rituals and Festivals, Survey of Ethiopian Folklore Studies  in Bahir Dar University.
• Jan 2008 –, 2011 serving as a Coordinator of   Bahir Dar University Culture Center. 
• 2015- Till now Advising Under and post graduate Students research work under folklore Department.
• April 2015 – 0ctober 2017 Serving as Director of Bahir Dar university Registrar.
• October 2021 - Till now Serving as Director of Bahir Dar university Culture Center. 

Personal Skills and Competences

• I have the skill of composing poems.
• I have the skill of conducting and Advising Research Works in the area of Literature and Folklore.

  Languages: 

• Mother tongue(s): Amharic
•  Foreign language: English  ( good in Understanding, Listening, Speaking, Reading and  Writing) 

Research Work experience: - Aster Mulu

I conducted Research works entitled:

• “ Oral Poetries related with the Distribution of Agricultural   

                         Fertilization: The Case of South Gondar” (In Amharic language), 2002.

• “Traditional Houses and Pottery Products In Zege Peninsula: In Folklore Perspective” (In Amharic language),2008.
• “Oral Literature as a means for Natural Resource Conservation: The Case of Zege Peninsula”, 2019.
• Change and Continuity in the lives and Music tradition of Wollo Azmaries. (In Amharic language),2015.
• Language use  in Amhara Mass media: (in regular programs) (In Amharic language),2015.
• The Content of Azmaries Oral poetries  about Adewa.( From preparation up to Victory). (In Amharic language), 2016.
•  Proverbs and its function to Children’s  Cognitive Skill. (In Amharic language).2018.
• Oral poetry as a means  to build Society’s Moral,2019
• Features of Wollo’s   Azmaries  traditional Music. (In Amharic language),2018.
• The Nile Quest: Abay as Expounded in the Ethiopian Popular Imagination, Narratives, and Music (Beliefs and Practices Pertaining to Productivity) .2019
• The Contextualization of Maria Theresa Taller Coin in Amhara Culture,2022.
• The double roles of female Azmaries: in case of  Bahir Dar City,2015.(waiting for publication)
• Now am working research with Colleges in the title of SONIC ETHNOGRAPHIES ABOUT THE SECOND ITALO-ETHIOPIAN WARየወሎ አዝማሪዎች ማህበራዊ ደረ. EJLCC .2023 .V6, no 2.
• የጀግና ብያኔ በለቅሶ ዐውድ ላይ በሚከወን የፉከራ ቃል ግጥም ክዋኔና ይዘት ውስጥ በባህር ዳር ከተማ፣ በሰባታሚት ቀበሌ ማሳያነት. ZENA - LISSAN Journal of Academy of Ethiopian Languages and Culture.s2025-07-08 Vol. 34 No. 1 (2025): 
• ትዳርን አስመልክቶ የሚነገሩ ቀልዶችን ይዘት ትንተና. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. 2025  (acceptance letter)
• ሀገረሰባዊ ትውን ጥበባት፣መጽሐፍ.2018 መስከረም