I admit, I had been swept up by the Invisible Children bandwagon. But it didn’t happen yesterday. In fact, my first ever post in The WILD Magazine highlighted IC’s work with the African music group, The Very Best. I admired Invisible Children’s creative, albeit at times unbearably cheesy, way of producing compelling narratives that a [...]

Children in Uganda are the ongoing victims of the longest-standing armed conflict in Africa. Led by Josephy Kony, The Lord’s Resistance Army have reigned terror across central Africa for over two decades. The LRA have only maintained their existence through the recruitment of thousands of child soldiers; brainwashing them with a twisted preaching of fanatical [...]

In the West, where we don’t think twice about enjoying three hearty meals a day, it is difficult to fathom what real hunger is; hunger so severe that it colors your daily existence. For many in the Democratic Republic of Congo, famine is a way of life. Recently, New York Times’ correspondent Adam Nossiter captured [...]

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Damon Albarn, the ingenious muse behind Gorillaz and Blur, has set out on a music journey to the Democratic Republic of the Congo while raising awareness for what some call The Forgotten Conflict. Following his profound Mali Music project with Afel Bocoum and Toumani Diabaté, Albarn has teamed with local Congolese musicians to support the [...]