S. African children to perform in Hiroshima

KAGOSHIMA, Japan - The ''Rainbow Stars,'' an eight-member chorus group made up of children from South Africa, perform in a mini live concert in Kumamoto. They will give a concert on an open-air stage near Hiroshima Peace Memorial on Aug. 5 with Yasuhiro Kono, a jazz pianist from Tokyo, who has been involved in the sending of old pianos donated from Japanese families to schools abroad, including South Africa and China, for some 10 years.

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