Jojo Todynho is among the 100 most influential people of color in the world

The singer was awarded by MIPAD, a global body approved by the UN

Singer Jojo Todynho received the UN-approved MIPAD award as one of the world’s 100 most influential people of color in the Media and Culture category. ludmilla and actor Tiago Barbosa, were other Brazilian artists who were on the list.

Created in 2007, with the support of the United Nations, the most influential people of African descendants aims to praise figures of African descent. The artist celebrated the award in a text on social networks.

“During my journey I rediscovered my essence, I reconnected with my ancestors and I understand the importance of being a black person in this world. I am from Rio de Janeiro, I am from Rio da Prata, I am from the streets of Bangu with great pride, all that I am, I am because I am the fruit of a black earth that formed me with so much love, and every day I understand more and more that before being from Bangu, I come from Africa, I am an African woman- descendant that I would most likely be born on the Mother Continent were it not for the evils of the abduction of slavery ”, he began.

“Being recognized by MIPAD and the UN as one of the 100 most influential Afro-descendants in the world under 40 in the categories of singer, influencer and presenter is for me more than a public recognition, it is above all an affection from God telling me that I am on the road right and that He is for me ”, on the importance of winning the prize, before concluding

“The journey of a black woman who lives in a country where 62% of the victims of femicide are black women is a hard and sometimes cruel journey. The hatred of women like me in Brazil is increasingly naturalized, but we will not back down. Yesterday I was a dreamy Bangu girl, today I am one of the 100 most important personalities of African origin in the world “.

“I come from Rio de Janeiro, I come from Rio da Prata, I grew up in Bangu” …

The dreamy girl from Bangu still lives here in this woman ready to occupy the top of the world.

I JUST STARTED!#UNBRASILE pic.twitter.com/t7GoCXCLrs

– Jojo Todynho 💥 (@jojotodynhoofc) September 22, 2022

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