DAKAR, Senegal (KCBS) -- African musicians in Dakar, Senegal have collaborated on a new album aimed at preventing HIV infections, which has long been an epidemic in many of their countries.
”Sixty percent of our population is under 18,” said rapper Didier Awadi. “So as a rap artist this is my target, all these boys under 18.”
Well known rappers and singers joined together to create the album, which carries messages about condoms, and how to protect yourself from the deadly disease, which has hit Africa especially hard.
Dakar is an AIDS success story of sorts, with the rate of new infections dropping to only 1 percent.
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KCBS' Bob Butler reports
