The making of Saint Shakira

She's Latin America's hottest singer with fans around the world. But in her native Colombia Shakira is as well known for her work with the country's poorest children. Euan Ferguson meets a popstar with real attitudeSomething very strange happens, in the company of Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoli, to cynicism. After a while, even the blandest of statements has you nodding away, enthralled – not that there are too many, but before we get on to the sociopathy of the conquistadores or the sex ...

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