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Choreography for the
musical "Poto-Poto" Saly, Senegal (February 2008) and Bamako, Mali (March 2008) The members of AURA all met up to prepare and practise the choreography for the Poto-Poto musical. The album: "The extraordinary stories of the Poto-Poto children" will provide the soundtrack for a film of the musical which is expected to be released in 2008. You can see photos of the rehearsals by clicking on the link below: Poto-Poto Photos | |
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COMING SOON... How do YOU change Africa? This competition, which will be launched in 2008, seeks to encourage young people to become involved in the development of their continent. An appeal will be made for young people to submit their plans for development projects. The best projects will be put into practice with the support of Plan. For more information, click on the link below: How do YOU change Africa? |
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Launch of the singles:
BIENVENUE À POTO-POTO and POTO-POTO DANCING.
The two singles from the album: "The extraordinary stories of the Poto-Poto children" were released in seven countries; Burkina Faso, Benin, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo. They were a great success, filling the top spots of the regional music charts. They also had success in Europe where "Bienvenue à Poto-Poto" reached Number 1 in the French International Radio (RFI) charts.
Listen to the songs:
Bienvenue à Poto-Poto
Poto-Poto Dancing
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Egalitarian and Safia in the recording
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Video clip of
"Bienvenue à Poto-Poto"
Filmed in December 2006, in
May 2007 this video clip became the second most popular clip in the video
charts of the international urban music channel 'Trace TV'.
Watch
the video clip:
"Bienvenue à Poto-Poto"
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In November 2007 Plan West Africa and the UN Committee of Children's Rights (CRC) organised a conference concerning Children's Rights in Burkina. During this conference AURA performed in front of a host of regional representatives. They used the opportunity to lobby for children's rights through their songs.
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Myriam (left) and the Senegalese group
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Concert in Ouagadougou - 21 July 2006 AURA performed a concert to support the seventh annual meeting of the African Movement of Children and Young Workers (MAEJTS). The event attracted over 15 000 people.
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In September 2006, all the members of AURA took
part in the filming of a documentary
in Burkina . The documentary formed part of Plan Holland's
"Stop the Violence" campaign.
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Pheno B, , who represents Niger in the AURA network, travelled to
Holland and performed concerts there as part of Plan Holland's campaign to
raise awareness about disadvantaged children.
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