Tiken Jah Fakoly: 'Through agriculture, Africa can rise again'

From ONE Wed Apr 16 2014, 20:34:08

"We have all this land. It rains, the sun shines; all you need to grow food." - Tiken Jah Fakoly, musician, activist and supporter of ONE's pan-African campaign 'Do Agric' reflects on the potential of agriculture to transform the continent.

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