Keys moved by pupils' African performance

R&B star Alicia Keys was moved to tears during a visit to an American school on Thursday - because the pupils celebrated their African heritage by singing in Swahili and wearing traditional kente clothes.

Keys moved by pupils' African performance

R&B star Alicia Keys was moved to tears during a visit to an American school on Thursday - because the pupils celebrated their African heritage by singing in Swahili and wearing traditional kente clothes.

The Grammy Award winner visited Chicago's Betty Shabazz International Charter School - a public school which has an Afrocentric curriculum - to support the Frum The Ground Up project, which aims to make Afro-American children proud of their African roots and culture.

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