A Journey of African Women, filmed over five years of travels around Africa, took her on a world tour to promote the grassroots successes of those engaged in the battle against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, supported by the Global Fund. Chaka Chaka also serves as Ambassador for Nelson Mandela's 46664 Campaign which raises global awareness of HIV/AIDS. She has also been ambassador to the University of South Africa (UNISA), City of Johannesburg Tourism, and South Africa's Mpumalanga Province Tourism. Chaka Chaka has taught literacy in South Africa's townships, promoted the rights of women and works to protect children everywhere, and she is a Trustee of Tomorrow Trust, which educates orphans and vulnerable children. She served as an Honorary Colonel in the South African Air Force. In 2015 she signed an open letter which the ONE Campaign had been collecting signatures for; the letter was addressed to Angela Merkel and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation. She is part of the Ashinaga Kenjin-Tatsujin International Advisory Council, supporting orphaned students across Africa to access quality tertiary education. Discography Albums I'm Burning Up (1986) Sangoma (1987) Thank You Mr. DJ (1987) I Cry For Freedom (1988) The Power of Afrika (1996) Back On My Feet (1997) Bombani (Tiko Rahina) (1997) Princess Of Africa: The Best of Yvonne Chaka Chaka (1999) Yvonne and Friends (2000) Yvonne and Friends (2001) Kwenzenjani (2002) Princess of Africa, Vol. 2 (2002) Celebrate Life (2006) Ndi Phendule Compilations The Princess of Africa: The Best of Yvonne Chaka Chaka (1995) The Princess of Africa: The Best of Yvonne Chaka Chaka Vol. 2 (2002) Contributing Artist Urban Africa: Jive Hits of the Townships (1990) The Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa (1998, World Music Network) The Winds of Change: Words and Music of a Free South Africa (2004) 46664 - Part 2: Long Walk to Freedom (2004) Tales of African Folk: Southern Africa (2005) Hotel Rwanda - Motion Picture Soundtrack (2005) The Rough Guide to the Music of South Africa Vol. 2 (2006) Experience South Africa (2008)The Rough Guide to African Disco'' (2013, World Music Network) References 1965 births Living people 20th-century