Text Messages Are Helping African Farmers with Their Production

It's not every day you get the chance to sit down with a StoryCorpsCorps volunteer and talk about your favorite songs, but that's exactly what happened to Michael Jewett.

The Michigan man, who's been touring as a jazz guitarist and singer since the age of 5, was doing a story about his family's struggle to make ends meet when he was stopped by a man in a baseball cap.

"He said, 'I'm from Detroit and I'm here to help you,'" Jewett recalls.

"I said, 'Yes, I'm from Detroit.' He said, 'I'm from Detroit.' I said, 'Yeah, I'm from Detroit.' He said, 'I'm from Detroit.' I said, 'Yeah, I'm from Detroit.' He said, 'I'm from Detroit.' I said, 'Yeah, I'm from Detroit.' He said, 'I'm from Detroit.' I said, 'Yeah, I'm from Detroit.' He said, 'I'm from Detroit.' I said, 'Yeah, I'm from Detroit.' He said, 'I'm from Detroit

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