Mariah Carey, Usher, SZA, H.E.R. And More Set To Perform At The 2022 Global Citizen Festival

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Global Citizen Festival has become the world’s longest-running global campaign with an initiative to eradicate poverty. Performances on the Central Park stage will include Mariah Carey, Mickey Guyton and several others, while Accra’s iconic Black Star Square will see sets from Usher, SZA, Stormzy, Gyakie, H.E.R., Sarkodie, Stonebwoy and TEMS, with more to be announced.

It will also mark the 65th anniversary of Ghana’s independence and the 20th anniversary of the African Union.“Decades of systemic and political failures have led humanity into the midst of converging and rapidly deteriorating crises – climate, hunger, health, war and conflict,” Hugh Evans, Co-Founder and CEO of Global Citizen said in a statement. “The most marginalized populations are paying the price of the stagnant inaction of our leaders, and now millions of lives, and the future of our planet, are at stake.

We refuse to just stand by and watch! We refuse to accept the starvation of multitudes when solutions are readily at hand. We demand a secure future for girls everywhere.

We demand governments keep their promises on climate funding. We demand relief from debts unjustly crushing economies. And we demand action NOW, while there’s still time to change our collective trajectory.”This year’s festival will call on world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly to step up and invest $600 million into the future of women and girls, and deliver $500 million to help African farmers adapt to the global food crisis.