Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo won one of Europe’s top music prizes along with Britain’s Chris Blackwell, founder of Island Records, and Estonian composer Arvo Part. The five-times Grammy winner, described by the organisers of Sweden’s Polar Music Prize as “one of the greatest singer-songwriters in international music”, sings her in native Fon and Yoruba languages … Continue reading Angelique Kidjo becomes 3rd African to win Sweden’s Polar Music Prize