Kelela is a second-generation Ethiopian American singer #EthiopiansInDC

When Kelela heard that a muralist had recently painted her face onto a brick wall mere footsteps away from the glow of Washington’s historic Howard Theatre, the Washington-area native went to see it. Then she wept. “It makes me feel a sense of belonging,” the singer says, an entire spectrum of emotions flooding into her voice. “If a weird black girl like me — a second-generation Ethiopian — can be on a wall, it means everybody can.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/music/dc-concert-of-the-week-post-randb-singer-kelela/2018/02/19/0631791c-11e2-11e8-8ea1-c1d91fcec3fe_story.html?utm_term=.cca89a11d69d