Spirit Rising:
My Life, My Music
The autobiography of
Angelique Kidjo

Born in the West African nation of Benin, Angélique Kidjo grew up surrounded by the rich sounds, rhythms, and storytelling of traditional Beninese culture. When the Communists took over, they silenced her dynamic culture and demanded that she sing in praise of them.

In Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music, Angélique reveals the details of her dangerous escape into France, and how she rose from poverty to become a Grammy Award-winning artist and an international sensation at the top of Billboard's World Album chart.

Angélique's eloquent, inspiring narrative is paired with more than one hundred colorful photographs documenting her life and experiences, as well as sampling of recipes that has sustained her on her remarkable odyssey.

Foreword by Desmond Tutu

Introduction by Alicia Keys

"In Africa's new morning… Angélique Kidjo is the warmth in that rising sun." Bono
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Spirit Rising:
My Life, My Music
The autobiography of Angelique Kidjo

In Spirit Rising: My Life, My Music, Angélique reveals the details of her dangerous escape into France, and how she rose from poverty to become a GRammy Award-winning artist and an international sensation at the top of Billboard's World Album chart.
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"In Africa's new morning… Angélique Kidjo is the warmth in that rising sun."
                                    BONO
Desmond Tutu has contributed the foreword to this remarkable volume. Alicia Keys has provided an introduction. Angélique's eloquent, inspiring narrative is paired with more than one hundred colorful photographs documenting her life and experiences, as well as sampling of recipes that has sustained her on her remarkable odyssey.
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