Watch Yemi Alade Team Up With Angelique Kidjo In 'Dignity' Video
31 March 2021
Photo Source: Yemi Alade/Twitter
By Khisa CJ
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Multiple award-winning Beninese singer Angelique Kidjo has released an official music video for his her recent single titled 'Dignity'.
The single which features Nigerian singer Yemi Alade pays homage to protesters of #EndSARS movement that rocked Nigeria in 2020.
Angelique Kidjo and Yemi Alade uses the 'Dignity' music video to highlight unfair layoffs for black migrants even as it advocates for signified treatment of black people.
The video starts off by showing a bleak view of migrants working at a port who face being unfairly laid off.
Speaking about the new song, Angelique Kidjo said: "Many people think that police brutality only happens in America, but it’s everywhere."
"This song is against brutality, but it’s also about how we need to treat each other with dignity, treat nature with dignity, and treat ourselves with dignity. Because if we can’t see the dignity that Mother Nature gave to all of us, then how can we walk tall?” she added.
It is the first time that Angelique Kidjo and Yemi Alade are teaming up since working together on the hit single 'Shekere' off the 'Woman Of Steel' album released in 2019.
The song took two years to make and was produced by DJ Coublon in which Angelique Kidjo remixed her hit song 'Wombo Lombo' on the track.
Currently, 'Shekere' video has over 18 million YouTube views.
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