Vivi l'internationale
{{Short description|Beninese singer (1946–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
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| birth_name = Victorine Agbato
| birth_date = 1946
| birth_place = French Dahomey, French West Africa, France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2022|02|15|1946}}
| death_place = Porto-Novo, Benin
| nationality = Beninese
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| occupation = Singer
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Vivi l'internationale, stage name of Victorine Agbato (1946 – 15 February 2022) was a Beninese singer.{{cite news |last=Ribouis|first=Olivier|date=16 February 2022|title=Vivi l'Internationale est décédée|trans-title= |url=https://www.banouto.bj/article/culture/20220216-vivi-l-internationale-est-decedee|language=French|work=Banouto|location= |access-date=17 February 2022}}
Biography
Agbato was known for her songs for peace and love during Benin's transition from communism to democracy. During the {{ill|Sovereign National Conference|fr|Conférence nationale souveraine (Bénin)}} in February 1990, she sang the hymn for peace, N’dokolidji.{{cite news |last=Salomon|first=Gildas|date=27 April 2019|title=Bénin législatives 2019 : « nous ne serons jamais en guerre », Vivi l'Internationale|trans-title= |url=https://www.banouto.info/article/politique/20190427-bnin-lgislatives-2019-nous-ne-serons-jamais-en-guerre-vivi-l-internationale|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026191705/https://archives.banouto.info/article/politique/20190427-bnin-lgislatives-2019-nous-ne-serons-jamais-en-guerre-vivi-l-internationale/|archivedate=26 October 2020|language=French|work=Banouto|location= |access-date=17 February 2022}} She described it as her contribution to peace in Benin.{{cite news |last=Mehounou|first=Josué|date=11 August 2017|title=Vivi L'Internationale : L'artiste de la paix... l'engagée politique.|trans-title= |url=http://news.acotonou.com/h/101307.html|language=French|work=aCotonou.com|location= |access-date=17 February 2022}} Active in women's revolutionary organizations, she sang in solidarity with prison detainees in Savalou in 2018.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=19 August 2018|title=Culture / Vivi l'Internationale chante pour les détenus de Savalou|trans-title= |url=https://www.agencebeninpresse.info/web/depeche/47/vivi-l-internationale-chante-pour-les-detenus-de-savalou|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025075955/http://www.agencebeninpresse.info/web/depeche/47/vivi-l-internationale-chante-pour-les-detenus-de-savalou|archivedate=25 October 2018|language=French|work=Agence Benin Presse|location=Savalou|access-date=17 February 2022}} In 2008, she was awarded the National Order of Benin.{{cite news |last=Hessoun|first=Charly|date=5 April 2008|title=Promotion du développement de la culture béninoise|trans-title= |url=https://lanouvelletribune.info/2008/04/promotion-du-developpement-de-la-culture-beninoise/|language=French|work=La Nouvelle Tribune|location= |access-date=17 February 2022}}
Vivi l'internationale died in Porto-Novo on 15 February 2022.{{cite news |last=Houngba|first=Cochimau B.|date=16 February 2022|title=Bénin: décès de la célèbre artiste Vivi l'Internationale|trans-title= |url=https://beninwebtv.com/benin-deces-de-la-celebre-artiste-vivi-linternationale/|language=French|work=Bénin Web TV|location= |access-date=17 February 2022}}{{cite news |last=Ayosso|first=Akpédjé|date=16 February 2022|title=La chanteuse Vivi l'internationale n'est plus|trans-title= |url=https://24haubenin.info/?La-chanteuse-Vivi-l-internationale-n-est-plus|language=French|work=24 Heures au Bénin|location= |access-date=17 February 2022}}
Discography
- Chantent les 20 ans de la loterie nationale du Bénin (1982)
- Oluwa Dakun