Angélique Kidjo

The United Nations has collaborated with Skype, Facebook, and Ustream to give users worldwide a greater degree of exposure and access to celebrities and politicians taking part in the Stand Up Take Action! movement to end poverty. This week key figures including former Irish President Mary Robinson and African entertainers Femi Kuti, Angelique Kidjo and Yvonne Chakachaka, will be taking part in Skype video chats that Ustream will be broadcasting through the Millenium Campaign's Facebook Page and Ustream channel. The calls will also include Facebook's Live Stream widget.

Baaba Maal and Angelique Kidjo were among the headliners in a tribute to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell that rocked into the early hours at the Montreux Festival on Saturday.

Reuters - Baaba Maal and Angelique Kidjo were among the headliners in a tribute to Island Records founder Chris Blackwell that rocked into the early hours at the Montreux Festival on Saturday.

Passionate songwriter, singer and UNICEF goodwill ambassador, and currently Africa's biggest music export is on African Voices this weekend to talk about her music and life. Very few music lovers would not know Angelique Kidjo who has won a number of music awards including the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music for her album Djin Djin

Chicago rapper/actor Common has joined an all-star lineup of performers taking part in the 4th Annual Jazz In the Gardens in Miami Gardens, Florida this March. Common is among the evening?s headlining acts, which will be hosted by radio personality Tom Joyner. Other headlining artists are Anthony Hamilton, Erykah Badu, Maze featuring Frankie Beverly, Kenny G., Roy Ayers, Jonathan Butler, Kenneth ?Babyface? Edmonds, Angelique Kidjo and others. "Four years ago, we were...(read more)

Maze Featuring Frankie Beverly, Anthony Hamilton, Kenny G., Common, Erykah Badu, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, Will Downing, Roy Ayers, Angelique Kidjo, Jonathan Butler Headline MIAMI GARDENS, Fla., Feb.

The African Diaspora for Change is a growing organization made up of a variety of movers and shakers in the Diaspora. Their mission is to create an alliance of African Diaspora voices who represent the common concerns, as a constituency, in the U.S.A, and effect change through education, empowerment, and engagement of the next generation of leaders.

Angelique Kidjo has been singing her whole life. But it?s not just for entertainment, she also wants people to understand that they have rights ? and that chief among them is the right to an education.

UNICEF goodwill ambassador Angelique Kidjo?s passion to eliminate HIV/AIDS in Africa is no secret, as the world has witnessed her dedicate herself ,and her music, in contribution to fight the stigma.

When U2 lead singer Bono gives you a compliment, you've got to be doing something right.

When U2 lead singer Bono gives you a compliment, you've got to be doing something right.

World music superstar and Grammy Award-winner Angelique Kidjo makes her way to Pittsburgh as part of her North American tour Oct.