{"id":678261,"date":"2019-08-11T07:21:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T07:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"40\">Ozaguin, considered the most popular singer-songwriter in the Central African Republic, recently came to the U.N.\u2019s European headquarters in Geneva to awaken the world to the struggles faced "},"modified":"2019-08-11T07:21:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T07:21:08","slug":"central-african-republic-musician-lends-his-voice-to-highlight-struggles-faced-by-his-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/11\/central-african-republic-musician-lends-his-voice-to-highlight-struggles-faced-by-his-country\/","title":{"rendered":"Central African Republic: Musician Lends His Voice to Highlight Struggles Faced by His Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"40\">Ozaguin, considered the most popular singer-songwriter in the Central African Republic, recently came to the U.N.\u2019s European headquarters in Geneva to awaken the world to the struggles faced by his country, which has been mired in civil war since 2012.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"64\">Ozaguin sings about the difficulties confronting his people.\u00a0 He sings about the constant search for food in a country where insecurity prevents people from farming and harvesting their crops.\u00a0 He sings about people fleeing into the bush to escape the violence of armed groups.\u00a0 He sings about the same armed groups manipulating vulnerable people into doing their bidding so they can feed their families.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"60\">The musician and activist recounts the difficulties he, himself, has faced in life.\u00a0 He says he was forced to quit school in the fourth grade to earn money as he was the sole support of his mother and four younger sisters.\u00a0 He tells VOA there were no jobs in the C.A.R., so he went to Brazzaville in search of work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"5\"><strong>\u201cEt moi, il m\u2019en refuse\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-a-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"56\">Ozaguin says no one would hire him because he was too young and too small.\u00a0 He says he had no choice, but to live on the streets.\u00a0 He says he spent four years as a homeless street child, scrounging for food, dodging the police, fighting off the mosquitos.\u00a0 What saved him, he says, was his music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"25\">He says this experience also sensitized him to the plight of street children and prompted him to eventually create a foundation to help homeless youngsters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"5\"><strong>\u201cA ce moment, il y\u2019a\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"54\">The musician notes money raised through his concerts helps to support 32 homeless children, including 10 Muslim children who live in a separate district in Bangui.\u00a0 He explains Muslims and Christians live in segregated areas in the capital.\u00a0 He says he is working to end this separation and to bring the two communities together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"33\">The United Nations calls the Central African Republic a forgotten crisis.\u00a0 War has displaced more than one million of the country\u2019s five million population, nearly half that number are refugees in neighboring countries.<\/p>\n<p><!--\/.outer-ad-container.responsive-aans-view-b-container--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body-text\" data-para-word-count=\"34\">The World Food Program reports currently, more than 1.8 million people are suffering from serious food shortages.\u00a0 WFP spokesman, Herve Verhoosel, says these people do not 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