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Bono: Make Africa a priority

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Jeffrey Overstreet

02 Aug 2004
Filed under: Politics • On Songs & Albums • Bono • Africa • The Boston Globe

Bono's back, ready to attend both the Democratic and the Republican conventions, asking why in the world the Africa crisis is not listed as a subject for discussion at either one.

Here's his Boston Globe editorial.

I hope he knows better than to carry any copies of the new album with him if he DOES go the conventions...

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