Singer Jason Mraz visits Ghana to help end slavery
NEW YORK – While Shakira, the Black Eyed Peas and other top musicians are in Africa to help kick off the World Cup, singer Jason Mraz was on the continent for another reason: to help free slaves.
The 31-year-old Grammy winner was in Ghana this week with Free the Slaves, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "end slavery worldwide."
Mraz spent five days in the country, traveling with James Kofi Annan, a former child slave who used to work on fishing boats and had been enslaved for seven years.
Annan founded Challenging Heights, a school in Winneba where many of its students are former slaves. The children performed songs for Mraz.
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The 31-year-old Grammy winner was in Ghana this week with Free the Slaves, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "end slavery worldwide."
Mraz spent five days in the country, traveling with James Kofi Annan, a former child slave who used to work on fishing boats and had been enslaved for seven years.
Annan founded Challenging Heights, a school in Winneba where many of its students are former slaves. The children performed songs for Mraz.
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