Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo is a Beninese-French singer-songwriter, actress, and activist. “Kidjo” has won five Grammy Awards and is a 2023 “Polar Music Prize” laureate. She has released many albums and performed around the world.
She is the first Black African artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. On July 23, 2021, and on September 15, 2021, “Time” included her in its list of the 100 most influential people in the world. “Kidjo” is fluent in five languages: Fon, French, Yorùbá, Gen (Mina), and English, and she sings in all of them.
