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 ...

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Last month, Meklit Hadero toured East Africa with her band, delivering her singular mix of caressingly lyrical original songs and traditional Amharic melodies to audiences of HIV-positive orphans, ...

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 ...