Angélique Kidjo on being hangry and Africa's tsunami of talent – BBC.com

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Angélique Kidjo, wearing a red turban, smiling at the camera with Africa's tsunami of talent.

  • By DJ Edu & Catherine Fellows
  • This is Africa, BBC World Service

Image source, Fabrice Mabillot

Music icon Angélique Kidjo is celebrating 40 years in music this year – marking the occasion with a concert at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

When we met up with the Beninois superstar, who has released 16 albums and won five Grammy awards, she told us that since childhood she had been driven by curiosity.

“My nickname was ‘When, Why, How?’. I want to understand things, to understand my place in this world… And I hate to be bored,” she…