Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (604 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062071793 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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I am so glad to know more about this activist for women worldwide I was unaware of Angelique Kidjo until I was shown one of her music videos a few weeks ago. I was entranced and started looking around for more, which eventually led to this book. It is a fast and insightful read about an inspiring woman. I am so glad to know more about this activist for women worldwide.The prose is engaging and makes you want to keep reading. The photographs are generous and very high qua. "Heart Soaring" according to Elizabeth Geitz. Angelique Kidjo's autobiography, Spirit Rising, is the story of an inspirational musical journey across continents - from her life in Benin, West Africa; to exile in Paris; to singing to a sold out audience at Carnegie Hall. Keeping African culture alive through her much heralded musical talents, blending traditions, and singing about justice, Kidjo seeks to bring about social change through the beat, musi. OntheClouds said You will enjoy Angelique's music even more after reading this book. I've always loved Angelique's music and her loving spirit. This book gave me an even greater appreciation for Angelique as a person, as well as insight into the inspirations and meanings behind many of her songs, which makes listening to them all the sweeter for me. You will learn about her upbringing and the hardships she endured, including leaving her country to gain freedom to sing what her heart desire
She has collaborated with artists including Carlos Santana, Peter Gabriel, Alicia Keys, Josh Groban, Branford Marsalis, and Joss Stone, and has been praised by leading political figures such as Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, and Desmond Tutu. Angélique Kidjo is a Grammy Award-winning musician, a UNICEF ambassador, and the founder of the Batonga Foundation, which gives African girls access to education. She lives in Philadelphia and tea
She also explains why it's important to give back by sharing stories from her work as a UNICEF ambassador and as founder of the Batonga Foundation, which gives African girls access to education.Desmond Tutu has contributed the foreword to this remarkable volume; Alicia Keys has provided an introduction. Her eloquent, inspiring narrative is paired with more than one hundred colorful photographs documenting Angélique's life and experiences, as well as a sampling of recipes that has sustained her on her remarkable odyssey.. Grammy Award-winning singer Angélique Kidjo is known for her electrifying voice and fearless advocacy work. In this intimate memoir, she reveals how she escaped Communist Africa to make her dreams a reality, and how she's prom
Kidjo’s music was heavily influenced by Miriam Makeba and Aretha Franklin as well as a growing awareness of racial injustice in the U.S., South Africa, and her own country, then under a Communist regime. From Booklist A Grammy Award–winning singer, Benin-born Kidjo is celebrated for her deep appreciation of world cultures represented in her music and her abiding sense of justice. In a memoir as vivacious as she is, Kidjo recounts her journey from the western African nation to international stardom. Kidjo writes beautifully of the spirituality of singing, the public giving of self to the audience, and the intimate opening of the self to the spirit. She fled to Paris rather than succumb to censorship and began an international career that brought her in contact with artists from James Brown to Harry Belafonte, from Carlos Santana to A