Roha (Marathi: रोहे) is a small town in Maharashtra state of India, 120 km south-east of Mumbai. Many chemical industries have opened up their manufacturing bases here. Roha is located between the banks of the Kundalika River and the hills of Kalasgiri. It has a population of over 40,000.

Roha is connected to Mumbai by Panvel harbour line and to Karjat by Panvel-Karjat line.Roha is starting point of Konkan Railway in the north, whereas Surathkal is at south most point. It is off Mumbai Goa Highway, taking a detour at Kolad.

Roha is very well known for its Dhavir Temple. Dhavir Maharaj is the prime deity of Roha. Every year the town celebrates Navaratri Festival by having a 10 day Festival at the Dhavir Temple which ends on the 10th day - "Dasra" during Navaratri. On the following day of Dasra, Palkhi of Dhavir Maharaj is taken through the town where it visits each and every house for the Aarti. It is presumably, only after Durga, Kokatta, that the palkhi is given Government Salaami (Salutation) with full honours. It is the terminal of Central Railway.

Mahmoud Ahmed (born May 8, 1941) (Amharic: መሀሙድ አህመድ) is an Ethiopian singer of Gurage ancestry. He gained great popularity in Ethiopia in the 1970s and among the Ethiopian diaspora in the 1980s before rising to international fame with African music fans in Europe and the Americas. He remains one of the most well-known Ethiopian music artists in the world.

Born in Addis Ababa's Mercato district, Ahmed was enthralled with the music he heard on Ethiopian radio from in early age. Having done poorly at school, he shined shoes before becoming a handyman at the Arizona Club, which was the after hours hangout of Emperor Haile Sellassie's Imperial Body Guard Band. One night in 1962 when the band's singer didn't show up, Ahmed asked to sing a few songs. He soon became part of the band's regular lineup, where he remained until 1974.

After cutting his first single with Venus Band "Nafqot New Yegodagn"/"Yasdestal" in 1971, Ahmed continued to record with several bands for the Amha and Kaifa record labels throughout the 1970s. The overthrow of Emperor Sellassie and the suspension of musical nightlife under the military government created shifts in the Ethiopian music industry—the Imperial Body Guard Band were no more, and Ahmed continued to make hit records and cassettes with many musicians who remained in the country, including the Dahlack Band, the Ibex Band and the Idan Raichel Project. He also began to release solo cassettes, accompanying himself on the krar, guitar or mandolin.

Kuku Sebsebe (surname also spelled Sebsibe) is an Ethiopian popular singer. She lived in the Washington, DC, area of the United States for many years but moved back to Ethiopia c. 2003. She generally performs with synthesizer and drum machine accompaniment, occasionally with the addition of traditional instruments such as the krar or other instruments such as the electric guitar. Although using modern instruments and harmonies, her vocal style is essentially traditional, using modes such as tezeta.