World famous africa has produced a host of world famous musicians, but africa has produced a host of world famous musicians, but very few of them are women. Why . Who better to ask than i guess today, angelique kidjo, who has been hailed as africas veneer diva, known for the passion in her voice and herfierce determination to help african girls fulfil their potential. Premier diva. Three decades ago she had to leave her continent to become an international star. How much has africa and its music scene changed between then and now . Angelique kidjo, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me here. You are one of africas biggest female stars, and that brings with it a real sense of responsibility, being under scrutiny. Absolutely. Do you find that difficult . No, i have nothing to hide. I know where i come from. I may not know where i am going, but i definitely know what the traditional music of my country has taught me to do with my voice and my music, to empower people, to bring joy
Of world famous musicians, but very few of them are women. Why . Who better to ask than i guess today, angelique kidjo, who has been hailed as africas premier diva, known for the passion in her voice and herfierce determination to help african girls fulfil their potential. Three decades ago she had to leave her continent to become an international star. How much has africa and its music scene changed between then and now . Angelique kidjo, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me here. You are one of africas biggest female stars, and that brings with it a real sense of responsibility, being under scrutiny. Absolutely. Do you find that difficult . No, i have nothing to hide. I know where i come from. I may not know where i am going, but i definitely know what the traditional music of my country has taught me to do with my voice and my music, to empower people, to bring joy to people, and to let people understand their own power and unleashed their own power. And as a woman, do you f
Breaking the barricade. To break police try the protests as the chief executive says he wont stand down. Welcome to countdown. I am mark barton. Stocks are starting to trade. Lets have a look at european equities. They are trading down 1 . Off Global Equities this week. U. S. Treasuries are heading the highest levels in 11 months. Ran down 1. 3 . Volumes are bombing. A critical number. Even Stanley Fischer saying Global Growth is a concern. Growth continues at these levels, it may move even slower. Investors would like that comment from officials. The chief economist at goldman sachs. Its really does crystallize for me. Much of the revenue is from overseas. Gdp in the u. S. Is only 13 and a half percent. It isnt so much risk. Good old goldman sachs, the chief risk operator. They are underestimating. They think the market is benign. Understand the fact that crises do occur. Thefed governors raising voice about Global Growth. If the market drops a little bit, but investors are pulling mo
We are your in london. Mcdonalds secret world cup menu. Find out what you can order under the counter if you are in brazil. The super sidecar, we check out the vehicle trying to break the land speed record. But get into industrial policy. Ge is said to be refining its alstom bill to assure bid to assure france this is the deadline. Casens chief is making his to french lawmakers after presenting a joint bid with mitsubishi yesterday. Carolyn is all over the story. She is in paris. The offer could come as soon as friday. In the meantime, we heard from siemens ceo in front of french lawmakers. Three weeks after the ge ceo eser to testify, joe ka knew we had to convince lawmakers that his offer was the best. His offer with mitsubishi would safeguard jobs and investments. I talked to him before his appearance before french lawmakers. The feeling is the president is a good listener. He had been listening to ge and siemens and he knows the facts and im sure people she i am that we areeciates
Good morning. Welcome. Live watching the pulse from Bloomberg European headquarters here in london. Also coming up on the pulse , the boss of one of britains businesses, nigel wilson joins us and about 10 minutes. Get his take on everything from the u. S. Jobs report to the autumn statement. The news cycle is being dominated by one thing and that is the passing of Nelson Mandela. South africans are mourning the death of their first black president this morning. Leaders around the world pay tribute to his life. Johannesburgin yesterday. Et bring in tv africa anchor clearly south africa in a state of shock this morning. We knew he was ill we knew he would be in intensive care and for quite some time, but the shock of the reality of the situation changes so many things. I was in shock. We had been covering the story for quite some time. You for theares death of a man that people respected, people loved. Also a man that changed the fate of the country, that could have been in a very diffic