Condemned Choirs
Martyn Ryan was listening to the radio one day when he heard a radio interview Alexander was giving about APP and the work he had been doing. It prompted Martyn to get in touch with McLean, who had recently been working in the condemned section of Luzira Maximum Security Prison. McLean mentioned to Martyn that groups of condemned prisoners, male and female, had formed choirs to sing at Sunday services, but had also been singing some anti-death penalty songs. McLean mentioned that he would like to record the songs.
Martyn, along with his son, Ben, rounded up a group of volunteers and the team headed to Uganda in December 2007. They spent several days in the prison, recording songs by three separate choirs. Upon return to the UK, the volunteers mixed and produced an album, Freedom Cry. APP used the album to raise awareness of the ongoing constitutional challenge against Uganda's death penalty.
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