Meklit hadero biography samples

Ethiopia-born American singer

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Meklit Hadero, known simply as Meklit, is an Ethiopian-born American singer and songwriter based in San Francisco, California.

Meklit hadero biography samples

She is known for her soulful performing style, and for combining jazz, folk, and East African influences in her music. She sings in her native Amharic, and English.^[1]

Biography

Meklit Hadero was born in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to an ethnic Kambata father and an Amhara mother.^[2] She was raised in the U.S.

and attended Yale University, where she studied political science.^[3]

Shortly after graduation, Meklit moved to San Francisco and became immersed in the city's thriving arts scene. "[Meklit] is an artistic giant in the early stages," wrote a reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle after witnessing an e