Main content

Angélique Kidjo

In a special edition of The Strand, Audrey Brown talks to Grammy Award–winning Beninoise singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo.

In a special edition of The Strand, Audrey Brown talks to Angélique Kidjo – often heralded as Africa’s première diva – about her singing, her new album collaborating with Diane Reeves and Branford Marsalis and about her philanthropic work.

Plus of course we hear plenty of the magnificent sound of Kidjo’s singing from Spirit Rising.

Available now

18 minutes

Last on

Wed 2 Jan 2013 12:32GMT

Clip

Broadcasts

  • New Year's Day 2013 20:32GMT
  • Wed 2 Jan 2013 03:32GMT
  • Wed 2 Jan 2013 09:32GMT
  • Wed 2 Jan 2013 12:32GMT