Africa's top musicians will look to repay Bono for his tireless efforts for debt relief for the continent with the currency of song. In The Name Of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 will feature stars like Angelique Kidjo ("Mysterious Ways"), the African Underground All-Stars ("Desire")and the Soweto Gospel Choir ("Pride (In The Name Of Love") cover some of the Irish supergroup's most well-known material. A percentage of the album's proceeds, which will also feature a version of "Seconds" from the unique pairing Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars and Aerosmith's Joe Perry, will be earmarked to the Global Fund charity, which fights disease. "A lot of the familiar hooks are there but played in cadences and with instruments that are indigenous to African people," says Shawn Amos, the disc's co-producer. "It's a testament to how global U2 is, that you can instantly recognise a song when it has been deconstructed, translated and played with different instrumentation."



The album will be released on the Shout Factory label on April 1, 2008.

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