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Sony Music Latin and Global Citizen Release New “Color Esperanza” Track to Benefit PAHO’s Response to COVID-19 in the Americas

May 22, 2020

Joining forces in the fight against COVID-19, Sony Music Latin and international advocacy organization Global Citizen will release a brand new version of Diego Torres’ “Color Esperanza (The Color Hope)” out May 18, 2020.

All record label net proceeds from the song will benefit the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) and its COVID-19 relief efforts throughout the Americas. Fans may stream the song on all platforms and join the movement at coloresperanza.me.

Read more: https://www.paho.org/en/news/17-5-2020-sony-music-latin-and-global-citizen-release-new-color-esperanza-track-benefit-pahos?fbclid=IwAR3Onizro9hiP3t46zXSovlpqdktzTJeoYr2mDcJMYXmy5DWkSCnFo8oxEg

UNICEF + Angelique Kidjo’s Pata Pata Official Music Video

May 14, 2020

Angélique Kidjo’s Pata Pata official music video. From Australia to Benin, Japan to Kenya – see if you can spot your country. Spread the dance, not the disease!

View here: https://www.facebook.com/unicef/videos/246845973188469/?t=131

When hip-hop saves lives: UNESCO, i4Policy, UNHCR join forces in #DontGoViral campaign to fight infodemic around COVID-19

May 14, 2020

“The success of the DontGoViral campaign underlines the resilience and creativity of women and men on the African Continent to harness the power of cultural diversity to effectively combat the infodemic that is proving to be just as viral as the pandemic itself. Their contributions highlight the fact that cultural players are a much-needed part of the solution,” said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of UNESCO.

Read more here: https://en.unesco.org/news/when-hip-hop-saves-lives-unesco-i4policy-unhcr-join-forces-dontgoviral-campaign-fight-infodemic?fbclid=IwAR04T46gUMwV4bRx6TXXJwff_ZlPa8cvgS-a2UQFNLnbbb7vpt8C8pM0AnM

Iraqis turn to sketches and songs to contain virus

May 13, 2020

Yahoo News: In one skit from the parody adaptation of the long-running Syrian TV drama, ‘Bab al-Hara’, the show’s main character Abu Issam, played by Iraqi artist Mohammad Qassem, scolds his son to ‘put on your mask!’

Read more here: https://news.yahoo.com/iraqis-turn-sketches-songs-contain-virus-030931227.html?guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZmFjZWJvb2suY29tLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAIBNALyILiWHf370g6TCXVJWh8LwAOFLs5Dy728KTptuuixA81Nm0k1AR3I6KVQ2b58oqG49Zjk5joiB_c987NAa43na9YVGacHzLHw6c3C53lOC9qEfFba3sARO_ijlTDvnxBfI2zHxh3uaLWZ9aCcM6GWGhL29oUAmTF6bcqI2

UNICEF: Song by Angelique Kidjo to raise awarness about coronavirus

May 12, 2020

Once called the “world’s most defiantly joyful song”, Miriam Makeba’s ‘Pata Pata’ has been re-recorded by UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo, to spread information and hope in a time of Coronavirus.

Listen here: https://soundcloud.com/unicef/miriam-makebas-pata-pata-by-goodwill-ambassador-angelique-kidjo/s-Hf3SNDxwBZ7?fbclid=IwAR0ThVQzbOJIkhx5qXWVYMIgKNKI7WuhxrvOSIlcu_JQ-CLsuwKAcNP1OT0