Oxfam Campaigner Shines at the Grammys

Posted: 14 February 2008

Oxfam congratulates world renowned artist and Oxfam Campaigner Angelique Kidjo on her Grammy win for the critically acclaimed album, Djin Djin. Angelique won the award on Sunday, February 11 for Best Contemporary World Music Album.

Angelique has supported Oxfam as a steadfast Campaigner for our humanitarian and emergency work, including the Control Arms campaign, to the US Farm Bill and Make Trade Fair.

“We congratulate Angelique on her well deserved Grammy Award, we are so happy to see her receiving the kind of recognition she so richly deserves,” said Oxfam America president Raymond C. Offenheiser.” We at Oxfam are honored to call her our friend.”

A passionate and hugely committed advocate for the poor, Angelique has lobbied at the World Trade Organization and in the US Congress, has taken part in Oxfam photo shoots and performed at Oxfam concerts in New York and Berlin.