Bono: TED Prize wish: Join my call to action on Africa

http://www.ted.com Musician and activist Bono accepts the 2005 TED Prize with a riveting talk, arguing that aid to Africa isn't just another celebrity cause; it's a global emergency.

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[WhiteJack8791]

He has actually spent a lot of time in Africa but if anything was clear Africans can't help themselves. So he spends a great deal of time talking to bigwigs with money, to the point where his own band gets frustrated with him. Bono is a lot of things but uneducated and a prick he isn't.

[timmyboy1970]

You need to do a little more investigating obviously. He's asking wealthy countries to DROP THE DEBT not donate money. You've never "heard of him donating money" because it's hardly something he discusses with the press. Why? Because the issue isn't about self glorification it's about creating a world which values human life equally. Please try and understand what you're talking about before dropping misinformed comments with spelling mistakes no less.

[FractalBolt]

This bono asshole really gets on my nerves.

[stinkbegaaier]

A true role model.

[astudyofeverything]

@panmoudrej Oh please.

[panmoudrej]

Mother Theresa II.

[gunithdev]

Such a brilliant speech!

[AmericanPlatinum]

The problem isn't that what Bono is doing is bad, the only problem is that he's doing it too much alone, as an Irishman, not an American. Fine, I'll be the American to lead this from here as a citizen. To leave this all on Bono's shoulders, but criticize his zeal is wrong: As a young girl, and I 'm 41, (this started when I was 14) I experienced the future of the young Bono as imminent, critical, like life and death. I was right, so that I even pissed off Paul McGuinness, but I was right, Bono.

[AmericanPlatinum]

To clarify - Anne Louise, U2's secretary, mailed me a postcard from Dublin to Los Angeles, which I recieved. I called her in Dublin, this led to calls back and forth from Dublin to LA. As I reported below...I was the 15 yr. old girl who prophesied to Bono about Africa, Ethiopia, and even tucked a photo of 2 yr. old Adinew Adugna, a toddler in a World Vision camp into the letter requested by Paul McGuinness on Nov. 8, 1984, after already telling Bono this IN sealed letters held by Anne Louise.

[AmericanPlatinum]

In 1984.....a miracle story......at the age of 15, from May to November I WROTE BONO LETTERS which U2 Secretary Anne Louise Kelly held, sealed and dated, contacting me about via post in Los Angeles from Dublin. I spoke to Anne, and my guitarist also spoke to Paul U2's Manager who requested another letter by November 17, 1984. I prophesied to Bono - his success and mission in Africa and Ethiopia IN ADVANCE if any Geldof calls. The story is truly a miracle, but this is the SECRET behind the zeal.

[StevieWondersWhy24]

a sickening creep.

[Orygyn]

LOL. Everyone calling Bono a hypocrite try and find one activist that has never done anything even slightly hypocritical to their own activism. Why care about one instance of hypocrisy when he's been working on Africa for 25 years, and certainly when you must know that using it against him will hurt his cause? Or is that the reason you're doing it?