Bono on African Big Brother

Well he was there on video anyway, to promote the ONE charity campaign, the Big Brother housemates are cultivating a garden which is part of this campaign.  Below is a report from the Big Brother Africa website and a video. At least he's still around, U2 news has been non-existent for months, let's hope Bono and the other guys are BUSY in Dublin.....

BONO stunned housemates on the African version of Big Brother – when he appeared on video screen to address them. The legendary rocker was beamed to the house live from Dublin, which contains housemates from 14 different African nations.“This is your Irish rock star fan, Bono. You are my big brothers and little sisters”, he said.The U2 front man spoke to the housemates about the garden which they have to cultivate over the course of the series, as part of the new campaign being run by his ONE charity.“I hear you’re growing and farming the future, and that the fruit is the hope and change that we’re all hungry for”, he told them.The star finished up by telling the stunned housemates: “Big love, big respect from Dublin Ireland and everyone in the ONE campaign”.

U2 front man makes guest appearance on Big Brother Africa via @Indowoman

Bono in Africa in Photos

Interesting and balanced analysis of some of the photos taken by Adrian Steirn during Bono's recent trip to Africa can be found here.

The full set of photos taken in Ghana by Adrian Steirn can be found here

Both photos by Adrian Steirn

Bono and Grace

At the moment Bono is on a seemingly unpublicised tour of Africa.  He recently visited the Mend project in Uganda - more information on this on their Facebook page here .

There's a nice little story about Bono meeting Grace, one of the workers there, and of course he just had to sing Amazing Grace to her!  On Facebook it says someone videoed this, if it turns up anywhere I'll put it on my blog.  But there's a lovely photo  of Bono with Grace (who has obviously been charmed by Bono judging by the big smile on her face) which I've added below.

Photo from Mend's Facebook page

More On Bono's African Trip

When Bono turned up in Ghana last week no one really knew why as it was unpublicised.  Now it has emerged that ONE has embarked on a "listening and learning" trip to Senegal, Ghana, Mozambique and Kenya with members of  the organisation's board and supporters.  You can read more on the trip blog here