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born 1960
Angélique Kidjo (born July 14, 1960), is a Beninese singer-songwriter, actress, and activist who is noted for her diverse musical influences and creative music videos. Kidjo was born into a family of performing artists.
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Human memory is incredible: despite attempts to eradicate the cultural identity of Africans during slavery, it has survived
Moving beyond your privilege and putting yourself out there for a cause that impacts thousands of people is the greatest thing you can do
My dream is that the music that comes from Africa becomes the identity card and the fingerprint of the continent
"Who are they to tell me what is African and what isn't?"
The problem we have in Africa is that unless you are a traditional musician telling the stories of your people through songs, you have no respect in society
Your brain is your greatest weapon. Connect it to your heart, and you can go anywhere.
If I can, with my music, encourage others to take action, that's already a victory.
Our job is to grow the flame of equality and justice for all every day
It’s just that I love to sing. I love to bring Africa to the world. The beauty of Africa, not the music that people are very content about seeing and talking about.
Slavery, a crime against humanity, is being denied and that is why people remain so ignorant of Africa
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.
Work together to define the future that you want to build
I come from a place where storytelling is used to bear witness to and bring about change in our society
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.
I was lucky enough to have parents and a family who always made me feel like I had the same rights as everyone else and that I could do whatever I wanted with my life
When people own and contribute to social change, they become guardians of that progress, and they'll do whatever it takes to safeguard it and nurture it. This is what I believe in
Slavery was not only an economic loss for Africa, but it was also a huge cultural loss
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