Bono was in South Africa this week to join those paying tribute to Nelson Mandela at Tuesday's memorial service.

'In Ireland,' he says, 'A wake is never without humour but it's fair to say we lean heavily on the melancholy… one thing I love about Africa is they accompany the departed with dancing, lots of it, and music full of joy.'

On Thursday, 'Ordinary Love', the song the band wrote for 'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom', was nominated for a Golden Globe Award and today the band wanted to share Paul Epworth's new version.

'We think Paul Epworth's mix is a very soulful, uplifting one and we hope our audience will agree,' says Bono. 'Nelson Mandela's life and times meant more to me than I can ever tell you, I would need a hundred songs to do that… but this complicated little love song to Winnie and South Africa is the one that landed on our lap.

'I want to thank the Hollywood Foreign Press for believing in us and the film. This is truly a great honour.'

Ordinary Love (Paul Epworth Version)

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Genetic research indicates that HIV originated in west-central Africa during the early twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in 1981 and its cause—HIV infection—was identified in the early part of the decade. Since its discovery, AIDS has caused nearly 30 million deaths (as of 2009). As of 2010, approximately 34 million people have contracted HIV globally. AIDS is considered a pandemic—a disease outbreak which is present over a large area and is actively spreading.
Source. Wikipedia USA

Ende 2007 lebten weltweit etwa 33 Millionen HIV-positive Menschen. 2007 kam es zu etwa 2,7 Millionen HIV-Neuinfektionen, und etwa zwei Millionen Menschen starben an den Folgen von HIV/AIDS. Der Anteil der HIV-Infizierten liegt weltweit durchschnittlich bei etwa 1 % der 15- bis 49-Jährigen, erreicht in einzelnen afrikanischen Staaten jedoch Werte um 20 %.
Quelle. Wikipedia Deutschland

Ordinary Love (Paul Epworth Version)

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