[See below to listen for my taped introductions]
The Zoom meeting took place on October 16. Due to still lingering jet-lag (or altitude readjustments?), I made it only to the last 20 minutes or so of the two-hour meeting, and the group's organizer just asked me to introduce myself.
There were over 50 participants, as far as I could count on the Sanford Facebook page.
And here is the website describing the group's background, and other introductions.
I've posted my introduction in two parts:
Part 1 talking about my Kidist Foods Project
Part 2 talking about my plans to research Ethiopian art, and specifically, Ethiopian Orthodox Christian art, which I say is the backbone of the Ethiopian culture and civilization.
I tried to transfer the full two-hour session onto Youtube, but couldn't do so with my limited Youtube subscription.
Note: Please excuse the movement. The Sanford Zoom file (a 2+ hours session) was too large for me to upload, so I used my iPhone to record these excerpts directly from my laptop. I'm sure there is a better technology (a recorder on my Chromebook, for example), but I had recently deleted many apps, and didn't want to waste too much time looking for it, and re-installing it.
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3