If there were ever just one ambassador for the whole of Africa it would have to be Angelique Kidjo, reports ITV News Entertainment Editor Nina Nannar.
As a singer in Benin in West Africa, the advent of a communist government and its harsh restrictions on musical freedom, meant she fled to realise her own dreams of a music career.
No other African artist has won as many awards – her haul includes 5 Grammys and this year’s Polar Music Prize, dubbed the Nobel Prize for Music. This year she is celebrating 4 decades in music.
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