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Sunday, 29 January 2012

Music Legend, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, Becomes First African Woman to Receive the World Economic Forum's Crystal Award

South African Music legend, and UN ambassador, Yvonne Chaka Chaka, on Wednesday January 25th, became the first Africa woman to receive the world Economic forum's Crystal award.

She received the award at the Forum's annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland for her fight for freedom and justice in her native country and also for her immense work as a Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF, her Roll Back Malaria Partnership and as MDG Envoy for Africa.
at 1/29/2012 12:20:00 pm

7 comments:

  1. meji29 January 2012 at 12:26

    YEAH!AND WANA UDODANG IS ALSO IN DAVOS,THE ONLY NIGERIAN THERE.

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  2. ugo frank29 January 2012 at 15:14

    Congrats to her, she has done a good job.

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  3. Anonymous29 January 2012 at 16:45

    I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE YVONNE been listening to her ever since i was a child. Very down to earth and gracious lady too these young african female musicians could learn a lesson from her life and career

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  4. ~Yv29 January 2012 at 17:28

    AWESOME Congrats Ms. Chaka Chaka, I love you and I love all influential women like you!!!

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  5. Anonymous29 January 2012 at 21:13

    Congrats! I have been listening to her music since I was a kid. She is a very pretty woman.

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  6. Anonymous30 January 2012 at 10:03

    I luv u chaka!

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  7. Mohammed1 February 2012 at 13:24

    great achievement for great personality

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