A FAMOUS African children's choir will be entertaining guests at Alcester Grammar School next week.

The 18-strong Pearl of Africa Children's Choir from Uganda - made famous a few years ago because of 'monkey boy' John Ssebunnya - will be performing at the Birmingham Road school next Wednesday from 7-9pm.

Attention on John was immense in the choir's first tour of the UK three years ago after it was revealed the youngster was reared by African Green monkeys since the age of two after the death of his mother.

The youngster was left in the dense Ugandan jungle and it has been said that even today, at the age of 17, he can still communicate with the primates.

The choir is aged between eight and 18 and comes from the Ugandan village of Kamuzinda.

The youngsters will be raising money to renovate six homes in their village for orphaned children as well as buying uniforms for youngsters and helping the village acquire tools to farm.

The concert, which will include gospel and traditional African songs, has been organised by the charity Association for Reaching and Instructing Children in Africa (AFRICA).

All funds raised will go to the Childcare Foundation which runs the children's village looking after more than 1,500 orphaned children in Uganda.

The choir has already started its four-week UK tour.