Feed the World: Birhan Woldu and Live Aid

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Oliver Harvey. Feed the World: Birhan Woldu and Live Aid

Feed the World. Birhan Woldu and Live Aid. Oliver Harvey. Foreword by. Bob Geldof

CONTENTS

FOREWORD. by. BOB GELDOF

AUTHOR PREFACE

PROLOGUE

GARDEN OF EDEN

THE LAND AND THE SKY COLLIDE

THE CLOSEST THING TO HELL ON EARTH

IN THE LONG GRASS

15 MINUTES TO LIVE

DO THEY KNOW IT’S CHRISTMAS?

EXODUS

AND THE LESSON TODAY IS HOW TO DIE..

LIFE AFTER DEATH

AN INSPIRATION TO MILLIONS

OUT OF THE DARKNESS, INTO THE LIGHT

EPILOGUE

GLOSSARY

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OLIVER HARVEY is Chief Feature Writer

at the British newspaper The Sun. He was the joint winner of the Hugh Cudlipp Award in 2005 and was named Reporter of the Year in 2006 at the British Press Awards.

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There had been the emotional meeting with then British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Geldof in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. This in turn led to the re-recording of the Band Aid single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ The impetus from the song was a factor in pushing an initially unenthusiastic Geldof to get behind a concert on the anniversary of Live Aid. Since then Birhan, Bisrat and I had become good friends.

As they emerged from the glare of billions, the relief was huge. We hugged in disbelief, our eyes prickling as the tears welled. When Birhan had enthusiastically agreed to appear at the concert she couldn’t possibly have imagined the scale of the occasion. She said she wanted to do it because she knew what it was like to be starving hungry and didn’t want other African children to suffer like she had done. Her composure and grace had been astonishing and humbling. Despite outward appearances, she admitted her heart had been fluttering as she waited backstage with all the pop stars. The devout Ethiopian Orthodox Christian had put herself in the hands of the Lord as she had throughout her tumultuous life. With the eyes of the world on her, she had found strength.

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