Step aside Bob Geldof.
Global stars Amadou and Mariam and Grammy winner Oumou Sangaré teamed up with renowned regional musicians to record this Ebola awareness-raising song. It's called "Africa Stop Ebola," and it's awesome.
The song's lyrics, recorded in French and some local languages — English subtitles are available on YouTube — aim to spread awareness about the virus, how it's transmitted, and the importance of immediately seeking help from doctors.
British rocker Bob Geldof wants to rerecord his famous famine song "Do They Know It's Christmas?", retro-fitted for Ebola.
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" was originally released in late November, 1984, to raise money to fight famine in Ethiopia.
By the way, "they" are never named in the song, but Christmas in Ethiopia is observed on January 7, in keeping with the Orthodox or Coptic Christian calendar. The song also points out that "there won't be snow in Africa this Christmas time."
via on BuzzFeed
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