Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has bestowed the honorary title of People’s Artist of Ukraine on the singer Jamala, following her surprise victory over a Russian competitor at last week’s Eurovision contest.
Poroshenko, gushing with national pride, also said Monday he had asked the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to nominate the 33-year-old performer as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Jamala, whose full name is Susana Jamaladinova, catapulted to international stardom Saturday with her winning song “1944,” which laments the Soviet wartime deportations of ethnic Tatars from the Crimean peninsula.
Many analysts saw the performance as a swipe at present-day Russia, which annexed Crimea in …read more
Source: Voice of America
