A00013 - Meklit Hadero


It is Christmas Eve and I am about to begin my Christmas tradition of watching Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth.  However, before doing so, I wanted to note that there is much trouble in the world and one of the more troublesome places is Ethiopia.  Those familiar with what is going on there cry out for the horror to stop  ... but it does not.  There is not much I can do to change what is.  However, I will note that the Bay Area has a large Ethiopian community and sometimes, because of my height and skin coloration, even Ethiopians ask me if I am from Ethiopia.  Well, I am not, but during my life I have had cultural connections to Ethiopia.  One of the more recent cultural connections is through the Ethiopian born Meklit Hadero.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meklit_Hadero

You can learn more about her through this NPR interview

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=125120472

and you can glimpse her talent through her channeling Nina Simone through this rendition of "Feeling Good"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TojsZnspz0

However, the cultural connection that Meklit Hadero made with me is through her collaboration with the Kronos Quartet on the spirit filled "The President Sang Amazing Grace".  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBQOQVsdzbE

Perhaps, in this song, we can find solace and comfort from this world of trouble and sin. My friends, as always, it is my sincere wish that your Christmas and all your days be filled with

Peace, 

Everett Jenkins
Fairfield, California
December 24, 2021

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