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Klaus Esterluß | Ideas

Green Call: Angella Katatumba wants to stir up the youth

Angella Katatumba is the International climate change icon in Uganda, appointed by the British Council. The idea of the song and the appointment of course is to make climate change an exciting topic to the young people.

Here's a short interview with Angella featured at the Pied Magazine, an african eco online mag.

More detailed informations are available at musicuganda.com, a pretty interesting website that claims to be Ugandas leading music and entertainment website.

Date

January 18, 2011

Tags

british council, Cancun, climate change, green

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