Alazar Misgina

Alazar Misgina is an Eritrean singer known for his song "Fenkil" - a song about Eritrea's war for independence and the historic military operation of Fenkil. He is one of the artists of EPLF who produced a song depicting the victory of the liberation fighters during the Fenkil Operation of 1990. Alazar was born in Segeneity, Southern region, 1962.

He took his elementary school education at Degra, and his junior and high school education in Embatkala, Mendefera and Dekemhare. He joined the armed struggle for independence in 1977. He worked until independence in different capacities including with field units and cultural troupes. He took music lessons while in school and later in the field while serving in the military. The lessons helped him to refine his music. After the military training he was assigned with one of the cultural troupes as a guitarist.