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I'm almost finished and tempted to turn around and re-read the whole brilliant book again immediately! The chapter, "My Father's Voice", is so close to home for me; I cried while reading about how difficult it was for her to carry on with concert commitments upon learning her father had died. Personally, I lost my dad just over 2 years ago and only very recently came out of a semi-functioning, grief-fog.

I'm almost finished and tempted to turn around and re-read the whole brilliant book again immediately! The chapter, "My Father's Voice", is so close to home for me; I cried so much while reading about how difficult it was for her to carry on with concert commitments upon learning her father had died. Personally, I lost my dad just over 2 years ago and only very recently come out of that semi-functioning, grief-fog.

Reading the words of African (Benin) diva Angelique Kidjo resonates as a powerful salve / therapy against xenophobia. This memoir is an intimate telling, with humor & revelry, of a charismatic activist. Africa's first diva was Miriam Makaba, South African civil rights leader and singer, and Kidjo proudly carries on that legacy.

Reading the words of African (Benin) diva Angelique Kidjo resonates as a salve to squelch xenophobia. This memoir is an intimate telling, with humor & revelry, of a charismatic activist. Africa's first diva was Miriam Makaba, South African civil rights leader and singer, and Kidjo proudly carries on that legacy.