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Rapping Grannies speak out on lost HIV/AIDS bill
Juno Award-winning artist K'naan speaks with supporters of Bill C-393 after attending a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday March 9, 2011. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)Sat Apr. 23 2011
A local group of concerned grandmothers took hip-hop music back to its roots as protest music Saturday morning.The One World Grannies re-wrote and performed K'Naan's hit "Wavin' Flag" to raise their concerns about losing a bill that would have made it easier to send cheap, generic HIV/AIDS drugs to Africa.Bill C-393, sponsored by Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar, was passed 172-111 in the House of Commons in March.
Juno Award-winning artist K'naan speaks with supporters of Bill C-393 after attending a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Wednesday March 9, 2011. (Adrian Wyld / THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Sat Apr. 23 2011
A local group of concerned grandmothers took hip-hop music back to its roots as protest music Saturday morning.
The One World Grannies re-wrote and performed K'Naan's hit "Wavin' Flag" to raise their concerns about losing a bill that would have made it easier to send cheap, generic HIV/AIDS drugs to Africa.
Bill C-393, sponsored by Ottawa Centre MP Paul Dewar, was passed 172-111 in the House of Commons in March.
