Ziggy Marley donates song to polio campaign
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Reggae star Ziggy Marley has urged world leaders to concentrate efforts on the eradication of polio in Asia and Africa, according to a story in contactmusic.com.
Ziggy, son of music legend Bob Marley has teamed up with Rotary International bosses to aid the ‘This Close to Ending Polio’ campaign and granted them permission to include his song Personal Revolution on the End Polio Now benefit album.
Commenting on his need to make the donation Ziggy was quoted in an Essence.com interview saying “(Rotary) is a good organisation. They’re trying to help people, especially in Africa. That’s a place that is very close to my heart. There are a lot of children suffering with polio there. I wanted to help.”
“When it comes to Africa, I just think the leaders need to get it together. If the countries were united we wouldn’t have this problem. I think the priorities are not right in terms of the leadership. Hopefully in the next generation we’ll have a better situation so we can help solve this.”