The Beninese R&B-funk singer Angélique Kidjo joins the jazz star Dianne Reeves and the gospel-jazz singer Lizz Wright in the opening-night gala, and the weeks progress to include concerts on the New Haven Green from the Grammy-winning Piedmont-region string band the Carolina Chocolate Drops, the Brooklyn Bhangra funk collective Red Baraat and the inimitable Rosanne Cash; artidea.org.
The CEO puts five hard-nosed telecoms execs – Nigerian, Kenyan, Moroccan, Ivorian and South African – together at a luxury beach resort to pitch for the top job in an Apprentice-style elimination narrative presided over by a steely consultant (played by Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo).
"She is unabashedly Beninese and even now performs primarily in African languages," he says.
She opened the concert with one of those, a traditional Beninese song called "Atcha Houn," singing with no accompaniment except her own hand-clap syncopation.
In the Senate, Mrs. Puzey is working with Senator Johnny Isakson, Republican of Georgia, on whistle-blower legislation that would protect volunteers like her daughter, who was murdered after telling Peace Corps higher-ups about a Beninese man she suspected was molesting young girls.
Chelsea was off the pace in the first half, during which Bello Babatounde, a 21-year-old Beninese national team player, completed an excellent move to score for Zilina.
It is also clear that this contributes to Beninese youth labour migration.
Three Beninese artists – Aston, Kifouli Dossou and Romuald Hazoumé – are joined by the Congolese painter Chéri Samba, the Cameroonian photographer Samuel Fosso and the Senegalese painter and sketcher Soly Cissé.
It is clear, for instance, that US cotton subsidies do great harm to Benin's national budget and to Beninese cotton farmers.
With dual French and Beninese nationality, Lionel Zinsou, 60, is an ideal guide for visiting Cotonou, the business capital of Benin.
