With infectious energy, singer-songwriter Angélique Kidjo ties together the threads of her legendary career as a creative force and global activist. In conversation with journalist Femi Oke, she discusses how joy powers her music (and sings an incredible impromptu song), details her work spreading educational opportunities to women and girls across Africa and shares her belief that everybody has the power to tap into their potential.
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Dr. Ryan
December 6, 2022 at 12:01 pm
I blame the Rap Music. The ticking of the hihat constantly triggers the brain with instant reactions with a feeling to ACT SUDDENLY. The thud and vibration of the Bass messes with the timing of the Heart and Lungs causing undo stress and Anxieties….
Baroness Elsa von Freytag- Loringhoven
December 6, 2022 at 1:28 pm
@DOUBLESNAKE 007 Not really. You clearly know nothing about it.
DOUBLESNAKE 007
December 6, 2022 at 4:27 pm
@Baroness Elsa von Freytag- Loringhoven I absolutely do. As an African American male growing up through public education I thought I needed hip-hop and rap music to help toughen me through school. Not having a father figure around I relayed on that sort of music. This type of music absolutely inspires bad behavior through a person dealing with bullies and bad behavior kids 5 days a week for 8 hours. The great thing about me is I grew from it and not by it.
Andy Cordy
December 6, 2022 at 7:23 pm
OK Doc. There’s bad Rap but dance music has for our entire history been driven by a repetitive rhythmic pulse. That’s thousands of years. There are great records incorporating rap and those which promote violence, misogyny,, homophobia and racism are easy to refuse. Many rappers share Ms. Kidjo’s aspirations for African people and you don’t need to be black to understand that tolerating desperation in our societies is bad for society as a whole.
Baroness Elsa von Freytag- Loringhoven
December 6, 2022 at 10:14 pm
@DOUBLESNAKE 007 Clearly you are lying or proving that you are clueless about hip-hop.
DOUBLESNAKE 007
December 6, 2022 at 10:23 pm
@Baroness Elsa von Freytag- Loringhoven 🤦♂️ alright man
JayTheŠńåïł
December 6, 2022 at 12:02 pm
Hello
Victoria Jeong
December 6, 2022 at 1:22 pm
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December 6, 2022 at 1:22 pm
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ミスター
December 6, 2022 at 12:03 pm
Hello
Dimas Rebels
December 6, 2022 at 12:05 pm
Boh
C. Marie Désirée KY
December 6, 2022 at 12:07 pm
MUSIC IS EVERYTHING
Karen Whittingham
December 6, 2022 at 12:07 pm
She is a joy. An absolute. Joy.
emmson brown
December 6, 2022 at 12:08 pm
She is so right about this when I was in Africa I told my self that I will only be happy when I travel to Europe I finally did nothing changed. State of mind is exactly what she said
Baroness Elsa von Freytag- Loringhoven
December 6, 2022 at 12:12 pm
Love Angelique!!!
Doris Allison
December 6, 2022 at 12:14 pm
I sincerely appreciate the knowledge you share. If you have been closely watching the crypto
Patrick Cabrera
December 6, 2022 at 12:20 pm
I read about her too on website . That is how I get connected to her. Thanks for putting this down here
Barbara Damles
December 6, 2022 at 12:21 pm
I have never seen a trader as open and transparent as Jane Donre with her clients. The way she decides to make a profit for her clients. she allows you to express your fears and she still rests your fears and that is my respect. I don’t normally comment on videos, but this word should be included. she is really cool.
Johnson Dunger
December 6, 2022 at 12:22 pm
The accuracy with which Jane Donre predicts the market is just astounding and i hope one day i can become like her but before then, i am sticking to trading with her signals..
Bemur Muzan
December 6, 2022 at 12:29 pm
This is exactly what Big time investors are talking about, not just you. key thing here is to always trades with a good strategy even if the price goes up or down., . . .
Keri M. Boone
December 6, 2022 at 12:32 pm
Jane Donre really helped me understand bear markets much better… Great content, and loved it.
Emmet Brown
December 6, 2022 at 12:15 pm
the joy of the poor is exploited by the rich to prevent social revolts.
read that again.
Das Gegenmittel
December 6, 2022 at 12:16 pm
This is so heavily reproducing stereotypes. It’s not behavior.: “It’s Africans.”
Mr Rod
December 6, 2022 at 7:04 pm
People from Libya and Egypt are Africans.
Firewalker G
December 6, 2022 at 12:37 pm
Joy comes from the soul happiness comes from the mind. No consciousness needed for joy.
Happiness is a state of mind joy is a state of the soul
DOUBLESNAKE 007
December 6, 2022 at 12:45 pm
Rap music with evil lyrics is the destroyer of human race. It’s only targeting to child minded individuals. Kids committing crimes then go to jail until they’re adults and coming out with the same child mindset. Now you’re able to reproduce as an adult that evil behavior.
theluschmaster
December 6, 2022 at 1:08 pm
‘for me the stage is my sanctuary’ 💙✨ someone gets it 🥹
Chris V1NE
December 6, 2022 at 1:32 pm
Listing to the song for my morning routine.
Rashida Shabazz
December 6, 2022 at 1:36 pm
My BEAUTIFUL, RADIANT, LOVING, GIVING, BRILLIANT, POWERFUL QUEENS……ETERNAL LOVE and GRATITUDE……I BLESS YOU🙏🏾💚😇💯‼️‼️‼️ 👏🏾👏🏻👍🏽👏🏾👏🏾👏🏻👏🏾⭐️🌟⭐️🌟💯🎊🙌🏾🎋😆
Chris Mason
December 6, 2022 at 1:42 pm
What is this nonsense?
Mark Callaghan
December 6, 2022 at 2:27 pm
confusing title states obvious
ariwl1
December 6, 2022 at 3:23 pm
This was a fun conversation.
Captain_Context
December 6, 2022 at 3:26 pm
TED talks used to be the pinnacle of research, technology, innovation, and intellectuality…. Now its womens rights and life advice from “my mother”. Or in this case “Africans have a shortcut to joy” Yes… Because simple people are easily amused. Have simple pleasures. Fine, great. But is this a TED talk? I guess it is, these days.
chloe
December 6, 2022 at 4:54 pm
You must be fun at parties
Captain_Context
December 6, 2022 at 5:08 pm
@chloe
True.
Sareaesque
December 7, 2022 at 12:40 pm
@Captain_Context it’s called a discussion, and you’re still avoiding answering how re-writing society’s understanding of women’s and girls’ roles within it doesn’t fall under advancing intellectual achievements.
Captain_Context
December 7, 2022 at 3:41 pm
@Sareaesque
Where did I do any of those things? Just because I dont wave that flag, doesnt mean Im setting it on fire.
Now… Back in the day I went to England to get a proper university degree, well… 2 of them… And I used to love TED talks. Because they were the absolute top end of science, intellect, and expertise. They would take people out of their labs and put them on stage and package their latest research into manageable talks for people that werent necessarily in that field. And it was glorious.
And youre telling me THIS is equal to that? TED has lost its relevancy and become a wokeism-center. As if the world needs more of those. As if women are “held back” and prevented from doing whatever they like. Great. Have fun with that. But its not a TED talk, is it.
Last time I looked at this, it was a black woman talking about what her mother told her when she was growing up as a black american. So I guess this is where TED went.
Sareaesque
December 7, 2022 at 3:58 pm
@Captain_Context she starts with an anecdote and then leads into her work helping women and girls in Africa gain an education in a society that taught the people around her she didn’t deserve to speak. If you didn’t get that from the video you weren’t paying attention.
Captain_Context
December 7, 2022 at 5:03 pm
@Sareaesque
I didnt make it that far in.
Sareaesque
December 7, 2022 at 5:28 pm
@Captain_Context then you don’t really have any place to judge the content
G
December 6, 2022 at 5:50 pm
Joy isn’t a state of mind, it’s our essence – which gets obscured by states of mind
Andy Cordy
December 6, 2022 at 6:41 pm
Love this artist so much!!!
Two things not mentioned here but I think are important:
Languages. Angelique has lived with multiple languages all her life. I believe that is one of the super powers she has at her disposal.
Leadership by example. Even if it’s just leading the dancing as she did this year at Glastonbury when the audience were all dazed and hung over and flat footed, she powered across that stage and showed those kids how to move. There’s no preaching in what she does. I think she realises that standing on a soapbox and telling world leaders what to do is a waste of breath. Instead she works with the little people, as she says here, building resistance and resilience.
Power to her voice and to her body.
Mr Rod
December 6, 2022 at 7:02 pm
Egypt and Libya are African.
Robert Lewis
December 6, 2022 at 8:48 pm
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December 6, 2022 at 8:59 pm
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December 6, 2022 at 9:02 pm
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December 6, 2022 at 9:03 pm
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David Welford
December 6, 2022 at 10:00 pm
“Why Joy Is a State of Mind” Ok. Just like being “Gay”
Elizabeth Obrien
December 7, 2022 at 7:50 am
As an investing enthusiast, I often wonder how top-level investors are able to become millionaires off investing. I do have a significant amount of capital that is required to start up but, I have no idea what strategies and direction I need to approach to help me make decent returns
Tommy Peterson
December 7, 2022 at 7:50 am
If you’re in it for the Long haul, treat investing like buying Gas. Buy only the good stuff. Buy regularly despite the price. And know over time it’s sure to go up.
Vera F. McDaniel
December 7, 2022 at 7:53 am
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December 7, 2022 at 7:53 am
That’s impressive! I could really use the expertise, ….who’s the person guiding you.
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December 7, 2022 at 7:53 am
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December 7, 2022 at 7:54 am
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Elie Wood
December 7, 2022 at 9:02 am
This is so a nice conversation. Awesome learning from wonderful and inspiring women. 🙂
Christian Soldier
December 7, 2022 at 2:08 pm
Why is every emotion is a state of mind………
Edo Addict
December 7, 2022 at 4:42 pm
get up, and live your life!
Aneela Sheikh
December 8, 2022 at 3:01 am
Laughter is a gift,even better to learn to laugh at ourselves. I do feel that we sometimes take ourselves too seriously 💯✨
Michael R
December 10, 2022 at 8:28 am
Love this❗❤