Shakira
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Loading ...Birth name Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll
Born February 2, 1977 (1977-02-02) (age 34)
Barranquilla, Colombia
Genres Latin pop, Rock en espa?ol, pop rock, alternative, world, dance, urban
Occupations Singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, philanthropist, dancer, actress
Instruments Vocals, guitar, harmonica, drums, percussion
Years active 1990–present
Labels Sony Music Colombia (1990—1996)
n December 7, 2009 Shakira was honored as a guest at the University of Oxford to give a speech about her work with children and education. She was chosen by the Oxford Union and joined the ranks of Albert Einstein, several US Presidents, Mother Teresa, and the Dalai Lama XIV, as a chosen speaker. During the speech, Shakira said, “That is how I want the youth of 2060 to see us: That our mission for global peace consisted of sending 30,000 educators to Afghanistan, not 30,000 soldiers. That in 2010, world education became more important than world domination.”
In March 2010, she was awarded a medal by the United Nations’ International Labor Organization in recognition of being, as UN Labor Chief Juan Somavia put it, a “true ambassador for children and young people, for quality education and social justice.”
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born February 2, 1977), known professionally as Shakira (pronounced /???k??r?/, Spanish: or ), is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer, and philanthropist who emerged as a musical prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the early 1990s. Born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, Shakira revealed many of her talents in school as a live performer, demonstrating her vocal ability with rock and roll, Latin and Middle Eastern influences with her own original twist on belly dancing. Shakira is a native Spanish speaker and also speaks fluent English, and Portuguese
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