'I am a witness.
What can I do?'
'Picture this: a village where the disappearance of a whole generation has left children to bring up children (the Lord of the Flies syndrome). I'm a witness to this. What can I do?'
Read Bono's editorial comment from the special RED edition of The Independent, where, for one day only, he was in the Editor's chair.
'May I say without guile, I am as sick of messianic rock stars as the next man, woman and child. I am also tired of average work being given extra weight because it's attached to something with real gravitas, like the Aids emergency.
So I truly try to tread carefully as I walk over the dreams of dignity under my feet in our work for the terrible beauty that is the continent of Africa. I'm used to the custard pies. I've even learnt to like the taste of them. But before you are tempted to let fly with your understandable invective, allow me to contextualise. Not for the sake of my vanity, but for the sake of people who are depending on you - the reader - to respond to the precariousness of their lives.
Picture this: a village where the disappearance of a whole generation has left children to bring up children (the Lord of the Flies syndrome).
I'm a witness to this. What can I do?
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