"This Star Is for All the Continent of Africa" — Angélique Kidjo Makes Hollywood History - Newsy People

Angélique Kidjo Makes History With Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star

Angelique Kidjo has made history yet again. She's the first African musician with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"This star is for all the continent of Africa" — Angélique Kidjo makes Hollywood history - Newsy People

Five-time Grammy Award winner, Angélique Kidjo has made history as the first African musician to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, dedicating the emotional achievement to Africa. The Beninese music icon, 66, was honoured in Los Angeles for her four-decade career, surrounded by family, friends and fellow stars including actors Willem Dafoe and Djimon Hounsou, as well as Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold. Kidjo became emotional during the …

What Angélique Kidjo’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Means for African Creators

For more than four decades, Angélique Kidjo has built the kind of career that once offered African artists one of the few reliable routes to global recognition: leave home, enter international music circuits, earn the attention of established institutions and keep going long enough for those institutions to eventually acknowledge you. On August 18, the Beninese singer became the first African musician and first Black African to receive a star on…

"This star is for all the continent of Africa" — Angélique Kidjo makes Hollywood history

GistReel Five-time Grammy Award winner, Angélique Kidjo has made history as the first African musician to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, dedicating the emotional achievement to Africa. The Beninese music icon, 66, was honoured in Los Angeles for her four-decade career, surrounded by family, friends and fellow stars including actors Willem Dafoe and Djimon Hounsou, as well as Nigerian singer Adekunle Gold. Kidjo became emotional du…

Angélique Kidjo makes history as first Black African to get Hollywood Walk of Fame star

By Nana Karikari, Senior Global Affairs Correspondent Five-time Grammy winner Angélique Kidjo achieved a monumental milestone by becoming the first Black African artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The prominent ceremony unfolded beneath picture-perfect California skies on a busy Los Angeles thoroughfare. Family members, friends, and high-profile figures gathered to witness the unveiling. The celebration underscored more than…