Stevie Wonder celebrates new Ghanaian citizenship

The World

Singer-song writer Stevie Wonder celebrated his 74th birthday this week by traveling to Ghana and receiving citizenship in the West African nation. The Grammy-winning music icon has a long, deep relationship with sub-Saharan Africa’s anti-colonial movements, as author Kevin Gaines tells The World’s Marco Werman. 

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