Colin Powell busts a move

Foreign Policy offers this news about former Secretary of State and Episcopalian, Colin Powell, on its blog.

Colin Powell appears to have traded statecraft for stagecraft. The former Secretary of State hopped on stage with the Nigerian hip-hop group Olu Maintain last night at the Africa Rising Festival at London's Royal Albert Hall. Powell danced to the group's song, "Yahoozee," and even took the microphone to sing a few lines. The song celebrates "Yahoozee," a term used for those who defraud people using the Internet, a booming industry in Nigeria. Whether Powell knew the subject matter of the song remains a mystery
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Posted by Ann Fontaine on October 19, 2008 9:00 AM | |
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