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Angelique Kidjo - Why I enjoy working with Davido, Burna Boy, and others

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Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo discusses her passion for working with young African talents and supporting underprivileged girls. 🎬 Video produced by: Emediong Francis Boniface The Beninese icon spoke in an exclusive interview with WADR on the sidelines of the Batonga Foundation Project in Dakar Senegal. A transformative initiative spanning two days was realized through a collaborative effort between the Batonga Foundation, a non-governmental organization, and the Mastercard Foundation. This project, supported by Angelique Kidjo aims to establish secure environments where young girls and women can enhance their skills, expand their social networks, and cultivate self-confidence. Batonga will extend opportunities to marginalized adolescent girls in Senegal, who have been affected by harmful cultural practices, such as early marriage, thereby enabling them to realize their full potential and contribute significantly to society. 🎬 …...more
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Angelique Kidjo - Why I enjoy working with Davido, Burna Boy, and others
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2023May 31
Five-time Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo discusses her passion for working with young African talents and supporting underprivileged girls. 🎬 Video produced by: Emediong Francis Boniface The Beninese icon spoke in an exclusive interview with WADR on the sidelines of the Batonga Foundation Project in Dakar Senegal. A transformative initiative spanning two days was realized through a collaborative effort between the Batonga Foundation, a non-governmental organization, and the Mastercard Foundation. This project, supported by Angelique Kidjo aims to establish secure environments where young girls and women can enhance their skills, expand their social networks, and cultivate self-confidence. Batonga will extend opportunities to marginalized adolescent girls in Senegal, who have been affected by harmful cultural practices, such as early marriage, thereby enabling them to realize their full potential and contribute significantly to society. 🎬 Video produced by: Emediong Francis Boniface Connect with Us 💌 Join West Africa Quarterly – Our quarterly email update sharing what we've been up to: Subscribe here 📍 Follow us on social media: 🔵 Facebook: facebook.com/wadrenglish 📸 Instagram: instagram.com/wadrenglish 👨‍💻 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/76532901 🌍 Website: wadr.org ✖️ X (Twitter): x.com/wadrenglish 🧵 Threads: threads.net/@wadrenglish 🎵 TikTok: tiktok.com/@wadrenglish 🎧 Audiomack: audiomack.com/west-africa 🎙 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/4qgEdefgHhiIIWsIkWxpYp WHO WE ARE West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) based in Dakar, Senegal is the main hub for news from West Africa and the Sahel. Broadcasting in English and French. West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) a trans-territorial, sub-regional broadcaster was established in 2005 as a project of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA) now Open Society - Africa (OSF) to among other things protect and defend the ideals of democratic and open societies by disseminating development information through a network of community radios in the West African sub-region.

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