Angélique Kidjo

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This performance is sold out. Please check back in case additional seats become available. A standby line will be formed one hour prior to the start of the performance. Any open seats remaining just before showtime will be filled from the standby line. Delta Visiting Chair for Global Understanding Free admission (tickets required) Co-Presented by the Willson Center for Humanities & Arts Five-time Grammy Award winner and international icon Angélique Kidjo makes her long-awaited UGA Presents debut, bringing her commanding voice, magnetic stage presence, and radiant energy to Hodgson Hall for the first time. She performs music from her newest album, HOPE!!—an uplifting collection that channels resilience, unity, and healing in turbulent times. Celebrated as one of Africa’s most influential artists, Kidjo creates music with a powerful purpose: to remind us that we are here to love, support, and lift up one another. “For more than four decades, the Beninese French singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo has been a titanic figure.”—The New Yorker WORKSHOP Sept. 8, 1:15 p.m. in Ramsey Concert Hall (Free admission, public welcome) INTERVIEW Sept. 9, 7:00 p.m. at the 40 Watt Club, 285 W Washington St, Athens—Taping of “African Perspectives” hosted by Professor Akinloye Ojo (Free admission, public welcome). Read the news release here. View Program

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