For those of you that missed it, it was Bono's 50th birthday on Monday. So my gift to you is a chance to read his April op-ed on Africa from the NY TIMES. What a guy, dropping vocab like Civil Society, microloans, etc."SPENT March with a delegation of activists, entrepreneurs and policy wonks roaming western, southern and eastern Africa trying very hard to listen — always hard for a big-mouthed Irishman. With duct tape over my gob, I was able to pick up some interesting melody lines everywhere from palace to pavement ..."
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/18/opinion/18bono.html?th=&emc=th&pagewanted=all
Also, where does the man and his band's lyrics rank? Like his worlds, U2's lyrics will leave a legacy for at least 50 more years:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/weekend/2010/0508/1224269931384.html
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