"American rapper NickiMinaj has been criticised for accepting cash from an African dictator,travelling to Angola to perform for the iron-fistedpresident, José Eduardo dos Santos." Minaj will follow in the lucrative footsteps of Mariah Carey , who was paid a reported $1 million (£665,000) to perform in 2013 for Mr dos Santos and his family. The average Angolan lives on $2 a day, yet the dictator and his family have amassed more than $3.5 billion in the three decades that Mr dos Santos has been in power. Minaj’s fee has not been disclosed, but her presence at Saturday night’s show has been announced on a series of fliers around the country, featuring the Anaconda singer in a figure-hugging black dress, reclining over a motorbike .