Like many artists, Grammy-winning Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo — whom Time magazine once called “Africa’s premier diva” — has felt the staggering effect of the coronavirus crisis, which forced the cancellation of her Daughter of Independence concert at Carnegie Hall on Saturday. “It’s a good thing and a real sad thing at the same time,” Kidjo tells The Post after finding out Thursday afternoon that her show was canceled. “People have to be safe.
Right now, I mean, our lives are in danger with this virus. The concert, we can reschedule — it can happen anytime.” Kidjo and her band were in rehearsals in Brooklyn when they got the news that Carnegie Hall was canceling all performances from Friday through March 31. “I’m disappointed, because
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