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Anqélique Kidjo's voice is one part violin, one part beating drum, one part Occident and one part Africa. Her stage performances are over the top, yet she is also capable of displaying boundless tenderness when singing the African lullabies of her childhood. Angélique Kidjo has always remained deeply attached to her roots, singing lyrics in fon, her mother tongue, that often refer to her culture and to voodoo religion. In 1996, after thirteen years outside of her homeland, she decided to return to Ouidah, in Benin. Pascal Signolet followed her in this journey, giving us an impressionistic and sensual portrait of an artist who has been dubbed the 'African Piaf'.