In Ethiopia, the Amharic word “tizita” conveys varying meanings but all of them have deep emotional resonance. The word can mean a specific melody or the sense of nostalgia that is connected to that ...
The music artist Meklit Hadero has lived in the U.S. since she left Ethiopia decades ago. (SOUNDBITE OF MEKLIT HADERO SONG, "LEFEQER ENEGEZA") MEKLIT HADERO: After the Ethiopian Revolution, there were ...
About five years ago, Meklit Hadero had a life-changing encounter with one of her formative musical heroes. In the midst of an East African tour with her band and the Arba Minch Collective, a project ...
I have never written a book of poetry or fiction that I would call healing. I have half-jokingly said that my writing leaves me with PTSD. But writing this novel about four Ethiopian musicians ...
MEKLIT HADERO: After the Ethiopian Revolution, there were years of political turmoil. You know, many people who are in a place where they feel they have to leave their home country - it's because the ...
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