Songs of love, longing ... and sanitation.

• Position: MOZAMBIQUE - Feliciano Dos Santos - Brief article

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Feliciano Dos Santos is one of southern Africa's treading musicians. He sings beautifully about the usual. things--love, longing, and sorrow. But in Mozambique's remote villages, where poor sanitation practices spread disease, Dos Santos is known for his catchy lyrics about going to the bathroom and washing your hands when you are done. Dos Santos has a personal grudge against things unsanitary: As a child, he contracted polio, which is spread through contaminated food and water. The disease left his right leg four inches shorter than the left. Dos Santos and his band Massukos have toured Europe and...