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Walton Dangarembizi obituary
June 2022
Post your questions for Angélique Kidjo at Glastonbury
Five-time Grammy winner will close out the Guardian’s conversation events at Glastonbury this year – tell us what you’d like to know in the comments below
June 2021
The month's best album reviews
Olivia Rodrigo, DMX, Wolf Alice and more: June’s best album reviews
Discover all our four- and five-star album reviews from the last month, from pop to folk, classical and more
The veteran Benin singer emerges as leader of a new generation of African musicians in this joyful blend of new and old sounds
‘Africa has so much talent – we can’t even grasp it’: Angélique Kidjo on pop, politics and power
She’s played with everyone from Tony Allen to David Byrne. Now the Grammy winner is singing with a new generation of African stars, celebrating their continent while confronting its failings
May 2020
'His drums were singing, you know?' Tony Allen remembered by his collaborators
Angelique Kidjo, Jeff Mills, Sebastien Tellier and more remember the late drummer: his humility, his brilliance, and his awesome sportswear
June 2019
Best albums of 2019 so far
Ariana Grande delivered swaggering pop, there was state-of-the-nation rap from Slowthai, Dave and Sleaford Mods, Billie Eilish shouted out for the teens, and Angélique Kidjo blended Africa with Cuba
April 2019
Angélique Kidjo: Celia review – magnificent African reinvention of salsa
Kidjo’s album takes the songs of Celia Cruz and adds Afrobeat and other influences with stars including Tony Allen and Meshell Ndegeocello
March 2019
Womadelaide 2019: Christine and the Queens dazzles amid smorgasbord of sound
Womadelaide 2019: tango, Afrobeat and chalk dust – in pictures
January 2019
Salif Keita: Un Autre Blanc review – a retirement gift from a singular voice
Keita’s final album features everyone from Angélique Kidjo to Alpha Blondy, but it’s his vocals that stand out
June 2018
Angélique Kidjo Sings Talking Heads review – turns up the Afrobeat
Cultural appropriation has never sounded this good as the Benin-born singer transforms the Remain in Light album
November 2017
On Mass with Angélique Kidjo review – vocal powerhouse unites the masses
The Grammy award-winning singer dominated this cheerfully thunderous, global gathering of young circus performers, rappers and beatboxers
February 2017
‘The album is a love letter to men’: meet feminist supergroup Les Amazones d’Afrique
A collective of female stars including Angélique Kidjo, Mariam Doumbia and Nneka is singing out against gender inequality in west Africa over a soundtrack of funk, blues and dub
May 2016
Angélique Kidjo honoured with Amnesty International top human rights award
The Grammy-winning musician shares the prize with three African youth activist movements, who show ‘exceptional courage’ standing up to injustice
March 2016
Womadelaide festival 2016: 12 things we learned
10 acts to see at Womadelaide 2016: Angélique Kidjo to Violent Femmes
August 2015
The playlist
The jazz playlist: Melody Gardot, Nils Økland, Loose Tubes and more
The blond, purring Gardot goes brunette for wailing soul; Økland unfurls haunting folk music on his new album; and Loose Tubes release their first new material in 25 years
January 2014
Angélique Kidjo: Eve – review
Angélique Kidjo pays homage to African women on her 11th album, writes Neil Spencer
