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Angélique Kidjo - “I Have Always Been At The Service of Music.”

As OkayAfrica’s Artist of The Month, the Beninese icon shares her career philosophy, the story behind her invented word "Batonga," and why her new album HOPE!! is dedicated to her late mother.

Oluwatobi Afolabi

May 5, 2026

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