Celia in 2020 in the Best Global Music Album category — which she has dominated with the most wins alongside South Africa’s Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
Sitting on a chair in a dimly lit room in her Parisian home, Kidjo maintains a contagious confidence and curious spirit, oozing charm and geniality without a single hint of irony; rare.
Whenever she speaks, she gives an impression of a down-to-earth mother, aunty, and friend detailing her life and opinions generously.
Kidjo laughingly reports, for example, her desire to see someone else’s face other than her husband’s, whom she has spent the last year with, due to the ongoing pandemic. “It’s only my husband and myself.
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