Do this in complete faith and confidence." While Chairing the Congressional Black Caucus he proudly presented the first awards the Caucus had ever given to nonblack recipients: Rock musician Bob Geldorf and news person Ted Koppel. Bob Geldorf was honored for his Band Aid concert and fundraising efforts for Africa Famine victims. and Ted Koppel was honored for his news stories on the African famine. On Lelands sixth visit to Africa on August 7. 1989. his plane crashed near Gambela. Ethiopia on a mountainside on his way to visit the Fugnido refugee camp on the SudanEthiopian border. The camp held more than 300.000 Sundanese escaping famine and war in their adjacent country. The plane. carrying sixteen people. was found after a six day search in southwestern Ethiopia.