ST. AUSTELL, England (AP) -- Actress Angelina Jolie brought her 3-year-old son, Maddox, to the Live 8 concert featuring top African musicians on Saturday.
"With all that we have in the world, we can fix what is happening in Africa, we can save lives, we can turn it around," Jolie, a U.N. goodwill ambassador, told reporters.
Senegalese superstar Youssou N'Dour was headlining the bill, which featured more than 18 acts from 14 countries, including three-time Grammy nominee Angelique Kidjo, a native of Benin.
The "Africa Calling" concert and a Live 8 concert in Johannesburg, South Africa, were organized after criticism that African artists had been largely excluded from global music marathon aimed at raising awareness of Africa's poverty.
The other concerts being held Saturday were in London and in the other countries that make up the Group of Eight major industrial nations - the United States, France, Germany, Italy, Canada, Japan and Russia.
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