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Beyoncé and Jay-Z, the world's most famous music couple, will be the culmination of a concert on December 2 in Johannesburg to celebrate the centennial of the birth of the former South President. -African Nelson Mandela, announced Monday the organizers.
The concert, which will be broadcast around the world, will pay tribute to the global icon of the struggle against apartheid and will stimulate international efforts to eradicate poverty, explained the Global Organization Citizen
The FNB stadium in Soweto, The township of the city will also host the singer of Coldplay, Chris Martin, the singer of Pearl Jam, Eddie Vedder, as well as Ed Sheeran, Pharrell Williams and Usher.
The music festival will also feature the participation of South African hip-hop producer Cbadper Nyovest, as well as Nigerians Wizkid, D & # 39; banj and Femi Kuti, son of the legend of Afrobeat Fela Kuti . jay-z
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Citizen of the World aims to raise $ 1 billion in donations to help the world's poorest.
For Global Citizen founder Hugh Evans, Mandela is a source of inspiration for his commitment to national reconciliation and democracy, as well as to the fight against poverty and for health.
Mandela was born on July 18, 1918 and died on December 5, 2013.
After 27 years in the white racist regime's prisons for his activism, he became the first democratically elected president of Africa's South in 1994, post he held until 1999.
Unlike traditional concerts, Global Citizen distributes free tickets between those who pledge to act against poverty, requiring for example their government to maintain international development badistance.
Evans regretted that several large countries have not respected the UN goal of allocating 0.7% of their GDP to international aid. US President Donald Trump has announced the reduction of a third of the budget devoted to this aid.
"The truth is that the world will not be able to achieve the goals of the sustainable development agenda without strong political will," Evans said.
Source: AFP
