Angelique Kidjo: Africa’s Premier Diva
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
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Are You Mad or Afraid?
I was mad and afraid at the same time, because suddenly i realize that being black can be a death sentence for me. And then slavery come to my amly jesus. Then i wrote a song, and my first draft was so hateful, i'm going otet kill everybody thati gin blackbefr my father say, ha, ha,ha, haa bei listen to as long ago. So i went back and weread the song, and i become an anthem for pice. Itd i stays with me,. when you learned about south africa, was that when you started listening to another one of your heroes? Listen to mariam maiba.
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