Angelique kidjo Flashcards
What is Angelique Kidjo real name?
Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo
What are Angelique Kidjo’s date and place of birth?
14 July 1960 in Ouidah at Benin
What is Angelique Kidjo age ?
60 years
What is Angelique Kidjo profession?
Beninese singer and UNICEF International Ambassador since 2002 known for the diversity of her musical influences, the originality of her clips, and her humanitarian commitment.
2013, she was elected Vice-President of the Confederation International of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC).
What are Angelique Kidjo’s achievements and rewards?
Grammy Award winner and Charles Cros Academy
The BBC included her in its list of the fifty icons of the African continent
Time Magazine has called her the “first African diva” she is part of The Guardian’s list of the 100 most influential women in the world.
Forbes magazine lists her as the first woman in the list of the 40 most important celebrities in Africa
The Daily Telegraph described her in 2012, during the London Olympics, as the “undisputed queen of African music”.
Paris Match places her at the top of its list of the ten most influential women in Africa and includes her in its list of the 10 most committed African artists.
She occasionally writes in the New York Times.
What are Angelique Kidjo’s music types and influences?
In addition to Beninese rhythms and zilin (a kind of blues), his musical influences are African pop, Caribbean music, zouk, Congolese rumba, jazz, gospel, and different styles of Latin music.
What are Angelique Kidjo’s musician artist’s inspirations when she was young?
Bella Bellow, James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Jimi Hendrix, Miriam Makeba, and Carlos Santana.
What is Angelique Kidjo artists collaborations?
Carlos Santana, Alicia Keys, Peter Gabriel, Herbie Hancock, Branford Marsalis, John Legend, Youssou Ndour
What songs Angelique Kidjo did an African version of?
Summertime by Gerswhin, Bolero by Ravel, Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix.
When, How, Where did Angelique Kidjo create the ‘‘Femme Noire’’ show
2017, based on a poem by Léopold Sédar Senghor, presented in the main courtyard of the Palais des papes as the closing show of the 71st Festival d’Avignon, which she performs in the company of Isaach de Bankolé , Manu Dibango, Dominic James and young French rapper MHD.
What are Angelique Kidjo’s 5 speaking languages?
French, English, Yoruba, mina, fon
What are Angelique Kidjo’s most successful songs?
Agolo, We We, Adouma, Wombo Lombo, Afirika et Batonga.
What is Angelique Kidjo’s daughter and husband’s name?
Jean Hébrail
Naïma Hebrail Kidjo
What is Angelique Kidjo’s experience with filmography?
The CEO, from Nigerian director Kunle Afolayan. The main actress of the film, Angélique Kidjo plays Madame Zimmermann, an iron lady of exceptional character. The film was screened in France during the 4th edition of the Nollywood Week Film festival, of which she is the sponsor.
