Angélique Kidjo asks: 'Who are they to tell me what's African?'

No one – not school bullies, a repressive government, and least of all white music journalists – will tell Angélique Kidjo what to do. Will Hodgkinson meets the Beninese singerAngélique Kidjo is railing against the European critics that have accused her of making "inauthentic" African music. "Who are they to tell me what is African and what isn't?" says Kidjo, her voice rising in indignation as she thumps the meeting room table of her record company's office, in a way that su...

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