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During a throwback episode of the BBC teatime show – which aired once again on Sunday (September 29) – fans saw art antiques specialist Marc Allum welcome an excited guest onto the show.
Music fans across the globe will recall the infamous 1985 Live Aid concert, which famously raised funds for famine relief in Ethiopia. But they weren’t the only charity to do so.
Expert Marc revealed his surprising link to another charity concert, known as Braffa, who made their own contribution to the cause.
The group even released their own single called, Let’s Make Africa Green Again, which featured some of the biggest reggae stars at the time.
One of the organisers, Leon, brought along some items from the time for Allum to evaluate.
Allum began: “Yourself, obviously, being an instrumental and important kingpin on the whole of Braffa, but I can’t help but mention the fact that everybody behind me here was also involved.
“So let’s go back in time and talk about why Braffa originated and we’re talking about basically the famine in Ethiopia in 1984. There was something missing from Live Aid, wasn’t there?”
Leon explained: “Band Aid raised millions and Bob Geldof had the contacts to these major artists, but at the time we had major artists in the charts like Trevor Walters and many others, and we weren’t called upon.
“So we didn’t object against what he was doing, but we wanted to be seen doing something as African descendants helping the people.” He went on to reveal that “about 200” people took part in recording the track.
Taking a closer look at the valuable items, Allum commented: “So we’ve got a copy of Let’s Make Africa Green Again here, we’ve got various bits and photographs and I can see there’s a photograph behind you there with Princess Anne – and are you in that photograph, Leon?”
The fundraiser beamed as he confirmed his suspicion and pointed out his face on the picture. Allum added: “This is something that has been brought to life in a much bigger way now as well, hasn’t it?”
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The expert then added that the value of the items wasn’t important when discussing the historic artefacts, adding he wouldn't get into the details.
He explained: “It was something extremely important to you. I can talk about the value of these items in front of us here and maybe there’s a few hundred pounds worth but that’s not what’s important here.
“It’s about social history and it’s about what you did out there, the money you raised and it’s massively important to see that reinvented in a way that brings it back to people and younger generations too.”
