Honorary Committee

Prestigious personalities

Honorary Committee

Drep.Afrique's Honorary Committee is made up of prestigious personalities from the world of the arts, sciences, culture and sport who support our association's efforts to raise awareness of, treat and reduce the scourge of sickle cell disease, particularly in Africa where millions of children are affected.

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Barbara Hendricks

Lyric artist
Honorary Lifetime Ambassador of the UNHCR

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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

Member of the French Davis Cup tennis team
Winner of eighteen singles titles and Olympic runner-up in doubles

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Yves Coppens

Paleontologist
Professor Emeritus of the Collège de France (1934-2022)

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Érik Orsenna

Writer
Member of the great French Academy

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Rokia Traoré

Malian politician-author-composer

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Gil Tchernia

Professor of Haematology

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Ismaël Lô

Senegalese artist-musician, author-composer-arranger

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Clarisse Agbegnenou

Captain of the French women's judo team
Five-time world champion and two-time Olympic champion and one-time vice-champion

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Denis Mukwege

Gynaecologist and human rights activist
Kino-Congolese
Nobel Peace Prize 2018

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Marie-Paule Kieny

Chair of the Board of Directors of the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative (DNDi)

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Bara Ndiaye

Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Pharmacy and Ontology at Cheikh Anta Diop University (Dakar)

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