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Spirit rising : my life, my music / Angélique Kidjo with Rachel Wenrick ; foreword by Desmond Tutu ; introduction by Alicia Keys.
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View onlineVan Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML420.K42 A3 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kidjo, Angélique, 1960-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Singers.
- Benin.
- Kidjo, Angélique, 1960-.
- Kidjo, Angélique.
- Singers--Benin--Biography.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Biographies.
- Narrative non-fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 255 pages : illustrated (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : HarperDesign an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- Introduction -- Opening: seeing new worlds -- Ready for the revolution -- The musician's life -- Say it loud -- Motherhood and Mother Earth -- Back to Benin -- Voodoo child -- The messenger -- Mutoto Kwanza -- Batonga -- My father's voice -- Epilogue -- Recipes.
- The singer, songwriter, and activist shares her story of escape from Africa, where her voice was censored by the Communist regime, to become a Grammy Award-winning, Billboard-topping musician and UNICEF Ambassador.
- Contents:
- Ready for the revolution
- The musician's life
- Say it loud
- Motherhood and mother earth
- Back to benin
- Voodoo child
- The messenger
- Mutoto kwanza
- Batonga
- My father's voice.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Department of Music Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0062071793
- 9780062071798
- OCLC:
- 813929310
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