South African actress and activist Nomzamo Mbatha was surprised when asked to host the fifth Global Citizen Prize Awards ceremony held in New York on Thursday.
“I was obviously very honoured and now the nerves have set in. I'm very, very nervous about tonight, about hosting. And I'm nervous because I care — I care about making sure that the evening is perfect for the individuals who are going to be honoured tonight because they deserve a perfect evening for the work they've done. But most importantly, they just deserve to have their work highlighted and celebrated,” she said a few hours before the ceremony in the Big Apple.
“For me, the message of Global Citizen galvanising an individual to make the change they want to see in the world and not just waiting on governments or waiting on private sector or waiting on anybody else to make the changes they want to see was one of the most impactful messages that made me sit back and say, 'That's the kind of organisation that I want to partner with and the kind of organisation I want to continue to amplify,'” said Mbatha.
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