During the Global Citizen Festival held at the Black Stars Square on Saturday, Michael Ebenezer Kwadjo Omari Owuo Jr. known professionally as Stormzy, paid homage to the great Daddy Lumba by performing with a T-shirt with Lumba’s picture.
Daddy Lumba has reacted to this kind gesture. He said he was touched immensely by Stormzy’s homage.
He stated, “I was immensely touched by Stormzy’s homage to me last night at the Global Citizen Festival.
I would like to take this opportunity to share my gratitude and appreciation for the public display of love.
To say that the gesture was heartwarming and humbling is an understatement.
Thank you very much!”
The Global Citizen Festival is an annual music festival started in 2012 and organized by Global Poverty Project. Ryan Gall and Hugh Evans founded it. Gall said he was inspired by visiting Austin City Limits and seeing the branding on the stage, but wanting to replace the corporate branding with branding from charities.
The Global Citizen Festival is part of a movement to end extreme poverty. By contributing to charity acts on the website, including watching videos and signing petitions, fans can get free tickets to the festival. In addition, the organizers are striving to make the event “global” by live-streaming events in public locations. Since 2015, the festival’s goals have been closely aligned with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which include 17 tasks to end extreme global poverty by 2030.
According to Time, Global Citizen’s ticket distribution model in 2017 generated 1.6 million actions in two months, equaling commitments and announcements of $3.2 billion for sustainable development and affecting 221 million people.
