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Angélique Kidjo

Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q1061450&amp;oldid=2407478862" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Champions of the Earth · dated 2011
Employer: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q740308&amp;oldid=2564189261" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UNICEF
Public office: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q19969187&amp;oldid=2527629129" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador · from 2002
Award received: <a href="https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?title=Q894841&amp;oldid=2558454866" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Ambassador of Conscience Award · dated 2016

Wikidata describes Angélique Kidjo as Beninese-French world music singer (born 1960).

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