<P> Elias Kifle Maraim Beyene, a survivor from Ethiopia being asked about his memory of Michael Jackson after his death remembers: </P> <P> I won't ever forget Michael Jackson because his contribution to the song We are the World had a very significant effect on my life . I am 50 now but 25 years ago I was living in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which at that time was suffering from a long drought and famine . It was a terrible situation . Lots of people became sick and many more died . Around one million people in all were killed by the famine . In 1984 Michael Jackson, along with a number of other leading musicians, made the song We are the World to raise money for Africa . We received a lot of aid from the world and I was one of those who directly benefitted from it . The wheat flour that was distributed to the famine victims was different to the usual cereal we bought at the market . We baked a special bread from it . The local people named the bread after the great artist and it became known as Michael Bread . It was soft and delicious . </P> <P> When you have been through such hard times you never forget events like this . If you speak to anyone who was in Addis Ababa at that time they will all know what Michael Bread is and I know I will remember it for the rest of my life . </P> <P> "We Are the World" has been performed live by members of USA for Africa on several occasions both together and individually . One of the earliest such performances came in 1985, during the rock music concert Live Aid, which ended with more than 100 musicians singing the song on stage . Harry Belafonte and Lionel Richie made surprise appearances for the live rendition of the song . Michael Jackson would have joined the artists, but was "working around the clock in the studio on a project that he's made a major commitment to", according to his press agent, Norman Winter . </P>

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