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Burkina Faso Rapper-Turned-Farmer Rhymes on Climate Change
Voice of America
08 Jul 2021, 08:36 GMT+10
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO - Africa s Sahel region is seeing the worst effects of climate warming anywhere on the planet, according to the United Nations.
Farmers bear the brunt of the changes because 80% of the Sahel s economy is agrarian.
Art Melody, a musician in Burkina Faso who raps in the local Djula and Moore languages, knows from experience the negative impact on farm production because he is a farmer himself. His songs convey the fear and emotion felt by millions of people across the region because of the impact of global warming.
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