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Africa Sings Festival marks 10 years of building bridges of peace, sharing the gospel through music and art in Benin

Africa Sings Festival marks 10 years of building bridges of peace, sharing the gospel through music and art in Benin

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In a small village called Bethlehem in the Northwestern region of Benin, an annual festival of culture and music has been bringing together 20 diverse ethnic groups, and diffusing economic, social and religious tensions that have fuelled violent extremism in West Africa. The 10th edition of the Africa Sings Festival, held on Aug. 15-17, 2025, targeted social cohesion between herder and farmer communities living in a region predominantly and historically occupied by Christians and Muslims.

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