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1. 1890 :  Polio survivors are Congolese band lead singers From: Sunil 


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Wed Jun 2, 2010 7:17 pm (PDT) 


A Congolese band whose lead singers are polio survivors is making its
way onto the world music scene after a documentary on the group's
origins received critical acclaim at the Cannes Film Festival in May.
Staff Benda Bilili, which means "look beyond appearances" in
Lingala, is a band of eight former street musicians from Kinshasa. Five
of them are polio survivors. Their song "Polio" speaks of the
disease that changed their lives and urges parents to immunize their
children.

The band's debut album, Très Très Fort, won the 2009 Womex Award
for international music. French filmmakers Florent de la Tullaye and
Renaud Barrett decided to create a documentary on the band after falling
in love with its music when they were in Kinshasa in 2004, working on a
movie about the city's music scene. The film Benda Bilili! premiered 13
May during the festival.

Band members have also joined other musicians across Africa in lending
their voices to the final push to rid the continent of polio. Through
the Kick Polio Out of Africa campaign, a soccer ball signed by
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and a growing number of public figures
has been making its way through the continent to raise awareness for
polio eradication before traveling to the RI Convention in Montréal,
Québec, Canada. Follow the ball's progress on our interactive map 
<
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/KickPoliooutofAfricaMap.as
px> http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/News/Pages/KickPoliooutofAfricaMa\
p.aspx> . 

Show your support by signing a virtual ball online. 
< <http://www.kickpoliooutofafrica.org/>
http://www.kickpoliooutofafrica.org/>

"Of course we're happy to be part of the campaign. After all,
we're handicapped by polio, and we are the first group to sing about
polio, so naturally we're ready to help," said bandleader Ricky
Likabu. "Our song `Polio' is simply to implore parents to
take their children to health clinics to be vaccinated, as the WHO
[World Health Organization] recommends. Parents are responsible for
their children, and they need to know how to avoid diseases."

Staff Benda Bilili's European tour began in April. The band will stop in
Greece, Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France in June,
before performing 5 July at the Montreal Jazz Festival.

Read more about the band in the June issue of The Rotarian . 
<
<http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/TheRotarian/Pages/UF_polioband.aspx>
http://www.rotary.org/en/MediaAndNews/TheRotarian/Pages/UF_polioband.as\
px>

Download audio, see video, and order music from the band's website at
Crammed Discs. 
< <http://www.crammed.be/index.php?id=34&art_id=146>
http://www.crammed.be/index.php?id=34&art_id=146>

See a YouTube video of the band's hit song "Polio." 
< <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzCUcO_d1qI&feature=related>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzCUcO_d1qI&feature=related>

Source : Rotary International News / Courtesy : eFlash_Rotary

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