Another thing. I think Bono helping Africans thousands of miles away shows the immense privilege that he had. Since he grew up in Dublin and not the occupied six counties, he did not know what it felt like to be oppressed, so he could look to help people thousands of miles away because he did not personally have to deal with oppression. He did not have to think about what it would feel like to be a Catholic 70 miles north of where he lived. On the other hand, Catholics in Northern Ireland had to feel what it was like to be second class citizens in their own land, and they didn't have the luxury to give millions of dollars to suffering Africans.