Angelique Kidjo
Angelique Kidjo
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, known as Angélique Kidjo, is a Beninese-born American Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter and activist, noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Time magazine has called her "Africa's premier diva". The BBC has included Kidjo in its list of the African continent's 50 most iconic figures. The Guardian has listed her as one of its Top 100 Most Inspiring Women in the World and Kidjo is the first woman to...
ProfessionSoul Singer
Date of Birth14 July 1960
continent
This continent - that's where my inspiration comes from.
african blues bringing combining culture easier jazz music rhythm technology tools western
I'm an African bringing my culture to the Western world. But I use technology and rhythm and blues and jazz and rock. I make it easier for you by combining your tools with mine. But then some will say the music is not pure.
attitude cannot cattle children issue preserve
It is an issue of attitude change. You cannot preserve cattle and let your children die.
behave lives losing stop
We have to stop the vulnerability of losing lives so stupidly. We have the capacity. We have the brains, yet we behave like new-born kids.
heart brain weapons
Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere.
country ability educated
It is proven that when women are educated, the ability of the country goes up immediately.
people ifs
You cannot transform the society of people if the people are not part of the change.
differences together legacy
My legacy is not only about legacy, it's about how we as a human family learn to live together within our difference.
rocks dna rock-and-roll
The music of the westerner comes from Africa, whether they like it or not. The majority of the instruments of the music, of the pop music, rock and roll, or R&B, hip hop, whatever it is, their roots trace back to Africa. So if you are black, white, yellow, or red, whatever you do, it doesn't matter, because your DNA is back in Africa.
people challenges attention
The richness of Africa, culturally, is vast. That's the challenge that we have to face, because most of the time, people in the western world, their attention span is really narrow.
dream hurt heart
Dream big, as long as you do it in sync with your truth, with your heart, your brain. And you are not hurting anybody, go ahead and do it.
doors bridges music-love
If you love music, you have to be the one that opens doors. You have to be the one that build bridge on which everybody can be free to walk on. I know that that's my mission.
color categories should
As far as I'm concerned, no human being should be, absolutely not, put in the category of color.
thinking proud define-you
Don't let anyone define you from what you live through and everything that they think you stand for. Just be proud of who you are.