The FIFA World Cup, the Icelandic volcano eruption, the release of the 2 nd Jimmie Earl Perry album in South Africa… can we really handle all of this? Yes We Can!!!!! Jimmie is about to erupt on the music scene with a new album featuring the iconic South African mega group “Ladysmith Black Mambazo”. Joseph Shabalala and Jimmie have forged a dynamic relationship through music and their advocacy on HIV/Aids awareness and education.

South Africa’s first Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS’ (UNAIDS) Goodwill Ambassador has called on organisations involved in the fight against the pandemic to join hands to increase the impact of the work being done to reduce new infections. Professor Perry was appointed as the Goodwill Ambassador by the Executive Director of UNAIDS, Mr. Michel Sidibe, at the Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management’s fifth annual World AIDS Day gala concert last year.

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS has appointed Professor Jimmie Earl Perry as its first UNAIDS National Goodwill Ambassador for South Africa in an effort to address the alarming rate of people infected with the disease in the country. The announcement was made by Executive Director of UNAIDS, Mr. Michel Sidibe, at the World Aids Day gala concert held at the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town, produced and directed by Prof. Perry and hosted by Stellenbosch University’s Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management on World Aids Day. Professor Perry, a singer, actor and dancer, is currently the Director of the Centre’s Educational Theatre and Creative Arts Program.

It is 21 years since this day was first dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection.

The Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management at Stellenbosch University marked its 4th sold out annual World Aids Day with a Gala Concert at the Artscape theatre in Cape Town last night (1 December). It was brilliantly directed and produced by the Director of Educational Theatre and Creative Arts at the Centre, Prof Jimmie Earl Perry.

CAPE TOWN, SA, -- Actor and drama professor Jimmie Earl Perry sits in his colorful and personalized office at Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa. On the walls around him are posters and other impressive reminders of his theater past in America and Europe.

Hes worked with Celine Dion and Luther Vandross, performed with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, toured internationally with hit shows Cats, Dreamgirls, Starlight Express and Jesus Christ Superstar. Now Jimmie Earl Perry heading up educational theatre and creative arts at The Africa Centre for HIV/AIDS Management in Stellenbosch.

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