Music and Social Change
with the Tuck School of BusinessThe singer and social entrepreneur sits down with Tuck School of Business students to talk about her career and non-profit initiatives for girls' empowerment in Africa. A reception follows.
21/22 Public TalkIn collaboration with the Hop, Tuck's Center for Entrepreneurship and Tuck Dean Dia Draper will host Angélique Kidjo for a fireside chat followed by a reception highlighting entrepreneurship, diversity and leadership in partnership with Tuck's Women in Business club and the Tuck Africa Club.
Five-time Grammy Award winner Angélique Kidjo is one of the greatest artists in international music today, a creative force with 13 albums to her name. The BBC has included her in its list of the continent's 50 most iconic figures, and in 2011 The Guardian listed her as one of their Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World. Forbes Magazine has ranked Angélique as the first woman in their list of the Most Powerful Celebrities in Africa. She is the recent recipient of the prestigious 2015 Crystal Award given by the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the 2016 Amnesty International Ambassador of Conscience Award, and the 2018 German Sustainability Award.
Angélique also travels the world advocating on behalf of children in her capacity as a UNICEF and OXFAM goodwill Ambassador. At the G7 Summit in 2019, President Macron of France named Kidjo as the spokesperson for the AFAWA initiative (Affirmative Finance Action for Women in Africa) to help close the financing gap for women entrepreneurs in Africa. She has also created her own charitable foundation, Batonga, dedicated to support the education of young girls in Africa.
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