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
color categories should
As far as I'm concerned, no human being should be, absolutely not, put in the category of color.
would-be world achieve
If everybody can be happy with what they achieve with their life, this world would be a better place.
long problem
As long as you are happy with your life, you'll have less problems.
people important cards
Doing an album is like having a business card; to show people what you do. The most important thing to me is the stage. I do albums because I love the stage.
hate long drug
As long as music of mine is not used to preach hate, or to bash women, it's okay for me. If it doesn't promote violence against women, drugs, this and that, use it, go ahead.
color skins world
You cannot be defined by your skin color, where you come from. The world is yours, embrace it.
people facts refuse
There are people who refuse to say that Africa is a continent, but that doesn't remove the fact that it is a continent.
worth-living
What we have to learn from the women of Africa is that every day is worth living.
roots modern dont-trust
If you don't trust the roots of the modern music in Africa, then there's hope for that music at all.
mirrors looks done
I want to look at myself in the mirror at the end of my life and say I've done my share and I'm proud of what I've done.
stories storyteller
I am a storyteller with my music. And my story, nobody gonna tell it for me.
views sanctuary body
For me, from the point of view of my life, I've been impacted by women that taught me that, as a woman, my body is a sanctuary, that whoever I invite in my body, I have to be clear in that invitation.
who-i-am refuse knows
I refuse for anyone to tell me who I am because I know who I am.
victim manipulate ifs
Don't say that you are a victim if you let somebody manipulate you.