"I have been working for Africans since I……" — Bono
"I have been working for Africans since I was 18, when I got involved with the Nelson Mandela concerts. I got involved with debt cancellation because Desmond Tutu demanded that the world respond to that situation."
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144 Quotes by Bono
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