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
west east born
Africa is not just about where you are born. For me, Africa is the whole continent; from south to north, to east to west.
stories knows know-how
I'm a story teller. I really know how to tell stories of Africa.
country people political
Education is very political, because when you educate the people, then you have a country that you can't fool anymore.
people feelings use
I never use someone just because they are great musicians. I work with people who have the same kind of feeling towards the music that I do, and the subject that I'm speaking of at that time.
people want misery
I want everybody to be happy because, if you're happy, you are more open to other people. Don't let misery bring you down.
thinking dresses accessories
If you're on stage and you're more concerned about your dress, and then you think that the public is accessory, you got nothing to do there.
technology artist hype
With technology today you can sing like a frog and sound good. And then when you come on stage, what do you do. Some of those artists never toured, probably just hype.
deal help learn outside
We Africans have to be able to deal with our problems. Help from outside is alright, but we have to learn to be responsible for our own attitudes.