Angelique Kidjo shares rare photo of her mom on Mother's Day

Grammy award-winning singer, Angelique Kidjo shared this rare photo of herself and her 90-year-old mother, Yvonne to celebrate her on Mother's Day. Captioning the post, the Beninese singer wrote,' #happymothersday to my mom Yvonne!

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