Angélique Kidjo Talks ‘Hope,’ Her Mother’s Legacy and Making History With a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Two things have been crucial to a restless Angélique Kidjo since her childhood in Benin, West Africa: diverse, universal, nuanced brands of truthful musical storytelling in all its forms, and her mother. Selling nearly four million albums worldwide, winning five Grammys, writing a bestselling autobiography, “Spirit Rising,” with its foreword by Desmond Tutu, and becoming […]
Angélique Kidjo, a five-time Grammy winner from Benin, West Africa, is set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. According to Variety, she has sold nearly four million albums worldwide and written a bestselling autobiography, "Spirit Rising," with a foreword by Desmond Tutu.
She will be the first African musician and first Black African to be recognized on the famed boulevard. As per IOL and Punch, Kidjo has built an international career spanning more than 40 years and was once dubbed "Africa's premier diva" by Time magazine.
The 66-year-old musician will be accompanied by Oscar-nominated American actor Willem Dafoe and record producer Harvey Mason Jr at the ceremony. Kidjo expressed her hope that she will not be the last African artist to receive this honor, saying it fills her heart with joy to think that many others will follow.
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