{"id":2121,"date":"2023-01-05T23:24:54","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T23:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/05\/grammy-award-winner-angelique-kidjo-reveals-shes-nigerian-from-iseyin-oyo-state\/"},"modified":"2023-01-05T23:24:54","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T23:24:54","slug":"grammy-award-winner-angelique-kidjo-reveals-shes-nigerian-from-iseyin-oyo-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/01\/05\/grammy-award-winner-angelique-kidjo-reveals-shes-nigerian-from-iseyin-oyo-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy Award Winner, Angelique Kidjo Reveals She&#8217;s Nigerian From Iseyin, Oyo State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Multiple Grammy Award winner, Angelique Kidjo, revealed that she is a Nigerian, from Iseyin, a town in Oyo State.<\/p>\n<p>Kidjo, 61, made the revealation in a recent interview with Smooth FM in Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>Although born in Benin Republic, the singer claimed that she has lots of relatives in Nigeria even though she doesn\u2019t visit them often.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ ALSO: <\/strong>VIDEO: Reason I Have So Many Enemies Around Me \u2014 Angelique Kidjo<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy Mum told me that I am from Iseyin because when my grandfather\u2019s great great great great father came back from Brazil, they found their roots in Iseyin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom my mother\u2019s side, we have always been from Nigeria. So we have families in Abeokuta, Ibadan, Lagos, everywhere, I have cousins I haven\u2019t seen a million years that I miss a lot\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<p>She stated that she was not only interested in singing about the beauty of the continent, but also in demonstrating the joy that Africans exude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just that I love to sing. I love to bring Africa to the world. The beauty of Africa, not the music that people are very content about seeing and talking about.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfrica is not about that because I grew up in a country that is poor, but people were very happy,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Kidjo said that she wants the world to see how powerful African women are.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe women of Africa are the backbone of this continent and they are beautiful. 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