Movement

"Movement” is an ongoing series from The World that tells the stories of global migration through music. Hosted by Ethiopian American musician Meklit Hadero.And we've made a Spotify playlist with tunes from the featured artists. ???? Have a listen ????

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Ethiopian American singer Meklit Hadero is shown performing under orange and red lighting.MHMeklit HaderoIan Coss is an audio producer, composer and sound designer whose work spans the worlds of podcasting and performance.ICIan Coss
Clarissa Bitar plays the oud, a classic string instrument.
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How the oud brought this Palestinian American musician closer to their culture, family and history
Chhom Nimol is the lead singer of Dengue Fever.
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How this Cambodian American singer found her voice
A portrait of Sasami from her self-titled LP, "Sasami."
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‘It’s all mixed’: Sasami makes music inspired by her multicultural heritage 
Gino Yevdjevich – who goes by “Gino” — is the founder and lead singer of the Seattle-based punk band Kultur Shock.
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‘Sing every single song like it’s your last’: How conflict in Sarajevo changed this musician’s life
Belgian artists Charlotte Adigéry and Bolis Pupul.
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‘It’s not about you, it’s about the conversation’: This Belgian music duo gets you dancing — and talking
DMV rapper and record producer Oddisee realized early on that purpose and success are self-designated.
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Sudanese American rapper Oddisee on overcoming cultural taboos and confronting self-doubt
Enrique Kiki Valera is a multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, sound engineer and producer. He’s best known as one of the world’s greatest players of the Cuban cuatro, a mid-size guitar with eight strings grouped in sets of two.
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Kiki Valera on Son cubano and how he developed a unique musical perspective
Dakota Camacho, dancer and musician, seen in a body of a water unclothed with long hair.
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‘I can speak the language of rhyme:’ Dakota Camacho on Guam, family and hip-hop
Momma Nikki as a child with their father Jean Bonny Etienne in an undated photo.
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Haitian American artist Momma Nikki sings about a complicated father-child relationship — and reconciliation
For Dr. Enongo Lumumba Kasongo, whose stage name is Sammus, Afrofuturism has been a well of inspiration and a living current underneath all her work.
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Forging new space: The multidimensional Afrofuturism of Sammus
Black and white cover of composer Arooj Aftab
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The ‘strange grace’ of singer Arooj Aftab
Sabha Aminikia immigrated to the US as a refugee and began studying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. But even as he launched his career in America, his music was often focused on Iran.
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Iranian American composer Sahba Aminikia: Music transforms like raindrops that ‘wash this part of humanity’
Ethiopian American Musician Meklit Hadero hosts an ongoing series at The World about stories of music and migration.
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Ethiopian American musician Meklit Hadero: ‘We use music to talk about the things that are hard to talk about’
(Clockwise from top left) Meklit Hadero in red lighting, Sinkane stsnding in front of wooden wall, Diana Gameros standing in front of a brick wall and Hello Psychaleppo looking down at a keyboard.
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Four musicians grapple with the same question: What is home?