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| Masekela Joins Peace Call On Darfur |
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| Posted on: 2007-Jul-04 GNA |
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WORLD ACCLAIMED South African music legend, Hugh Masekela is a cultural activist committed to the emancipation and development of Africa, thus he could not sit down and watch his Continent rip apart when he could do something to help.
Last Wednesday, acting as a goodwill ambassador for peace in Darfur, he joined several rights-minded organizations in Accra at the National Theatre for a solidarity programme on Darfur.
The programme, organized by the African Civil society was aimed at bringing to the attention of the African Union Summit in Accra the heinous massacre of civilians including children and women in the Darfur region.
Hugh, whose repertoire of music is largely libertarian in tone, held guests to an hour-long performance of his songs amid majestic trumpeting. Song after song, he called for peace in Darfur and Africa as a whole.
He told the crowd that when he was invited to be a goodwill ambassador for peace in Darfur, he said to the organizers, “I rather wanted to be an angry ambassador”, adding “enough is enough; Africa and its leaders must sit up and put all the killings to an end.”
The night was characterized with solidarity messages from representatives of human rights organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s), asking the AU to stop the genocide in Darfur and bring the perpetuators of the barbarism to book.
Among these organizations were the Network of Africa Freedom of Expression Organization (NAFEO), Centre for Research, Education and Development of Rights in Africa (CREDO-Africa), The Darfur Consortium, International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) and more.
The event could not have been successful without performances from Ghanaian Afro root musician, Amandzeba Nat Brew.
His renditions evoked a sense of history and culture while stressing on the relevance of contemporary issues as peace, unity and development.
There were supportive acts by Gonje, a neo- traditional group and the Sappers International Band.
To further pursue the message of peace in Darfur, Professor Kofi Anyidoho, who is known for his original poetry, also did a spoken word act for the audience, climaxing it with “Allow African children to enjoy.”
Few other personalities who graced the occasion were Archbishop Charles Palmer-Buckle, Metropolitan Archbishop of Accra; Rev. Fred Deegbe, General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, as well as officials from other African countries.
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