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Africa: Angélique Kidjo Says Hollywood Star Is 'For Africa, but Also for France'
RFI, 19 August 2026
Singer Angélique Kidjo has become the first black African performer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame - telling RFI the honour represented "a door opening" at… Read more »
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Benin: Angélique Kidjo Makes History As First African Musician to Get Hollywood Star
Leadership, 18 August 2026
Beninese music icon Angélique Kidjo has made history as the first African musician and first Black African artiste to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more »
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Benin: Angélique Kidjo to Become First African Musician to Get Hollywood Star
Vanguard, 18 August 2026
Beninese music icon Angélique Kidjo is set to become the first African musician to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more »
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Benin: Angélique Kidjo to Make History As First Black African Performer On Hollywood Walk of Fame
Leadership, 8 August 2026
Beninese music icon Angélique Kidjo is set to make history as the first African musician and first Black African performer to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Read more »
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Benin: Beninoise Singer Angelique Kidjo Wins 5th Grammy Award
Vanguard, 3 April 2022
The Energetic Beninese diva Angélique Kidjo won the Best World Music Album for, 'Mother Nature', at the 64th Grammy Awards on April 3rd, 2022. While receiving the gilded… Read more »
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Unicef, 19 December 2022
UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Angélique Kidjo returned to her home country Bénin last week to meet children and young people impacted by the spillover of violence from… Read more »
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Benin: Kidjo Makes Hollywood Walk of Fame History
DW, 3 July 2025
Angelique Kidjo and Deepika Padukone are among several international celebrities recognized alongside American stars such as Miley Cyrus and Timothee Chalamet. Read more »
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Africa: On Music, Activism, and Empowering Africa's Next Generation
Africa Renewal, 7 February 2025
A conversation with Angélique Kidjo on the power of music, Africa's future, and breaking boundaries. Read more »
Angelique Kidjo Makes History With Hollywood Walk of Fame Star
Beninese music icon Angélique Kidjo has become the first Black African to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The five-time Grammy-winning singer was honored at a ceremony in Los Angeles attended by film stars and leading figures from the music industry. Kidjo received the honour after making music for more than four decades and releasing 16 albums.
She joins Charlize Theron as one of the few Africans on the Walk of Fame. A longtime activist, Kidjo is also a UNICEF and Oxfam ambassador and runs the Batonga Foundation to support girls' education in Africa.
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Africa has shown up and out at the 64th annual Grammy music awards, as South Africa's Black Coffee and Benin's Angelique Kidjo, won in their respective categories.
Kidjo won the Best Global Music Album award with her 2021 album Mother Nature. The 61-year old singer was nominated alongside Nigeria's Femi Kuti and son, Made, Wizkid, Ghana's Rocky Dawuni, and Hawaii's Daniel Ho. This is Kidjo's fifth Grammy win, after winning the category in 2014, 2015, and 2019 and
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