His father was a geotechnical engineer, and as a boy he travelled with him from the city to his east African homeland’s countryside. The news kept showing it and people got embarrassed.”Recalling when aid began arriving in the aftermath of the original Band Aid song, he adds: “I remember lots of aeroplanes, biscuits and sweets and cake all over Addis [Ababa, the capital] – we didn’t need cake! Filemon, like Yared in London, is redefining his community’s image in the UK through food. Photograph: Chris OsuhWhile Zed questions how much aid reaches ordinary people, Harur, 63, another of Red Sea’s regulars, is adamant Band Aid and its concert equivalent, Live Aid, were well intentioned. If there is political justice, economic justice and social justice, you can maintain peace.”But the title of the Band Aid song still winds him up.
