Reviewed by Andy Payne

An excellent value 4-track EP designed to raise funds for Youth Alive Ministries, a charity working with street children in Soweto and Harare, to which all profits will be donated. What you have here are four tracks on an African theme. A rousing and semi acapella performance by Fat And Frantic of "Africa", followed by the passionate pleadings of Ben Okafor on "Be My Brother". The passion into which Labi Siffre sings of "Schooldays" is honestly moving, but the highlight is the rendition of the unofficial South Arican national anthem "Nkosi Sikelelel "I Africa" by Friends First. In summary an excellent budget price CD for a worthy cause.

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