Africa Live: Roll Back Malaria concert aired around the world
Sumitomo Chemical was lead sponsor of what has been called the “most spectacular festival of African music ever staged in Africa.” The Africa Live: Roll Back Malaria concert in Dakar last year brought the finest talents of African Music together to raise awareness about Malaria.
In March 2005, in the city of Dakar, capital of Senegal in West Africa, many of Africa’s finest musicians performed to raise global awareness of the malaria crisis currently devastating the African continent. Sumitomo Chemical was proud to be the lead sponsor of the concert, in partnership with the Roll Back Malaria secretariat, The United Nations Foundation, Novartis, Exxon-Mobil and others.
A film of the concert, AFRICA LIVE: The Roll Back Malaria Concert, has been aired in the United States on the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), and a documentary has been seen by many millions of people following broadcasts by BBC, Arte, Tv5 and national television stations across Africa. A DVD of the documentary with bonus footage of the concert is now available for sale at major outlets worldwide.
