Colin Powell Shows Off Hip-Hop Moves Alongside Christina Aguilera

Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell stunned an audience at London's Royal Albert Hall last night (October 14th) with an impressive array of hip-hop dance moves.

Mr Powell was one of a host of names who attended the venue for the Africa Rising Festival.

In addition to an impromptu performance with the Nigerian group Olu Maintain, Mr Powell also told the audience that with investment Africa could grow like Eastern Europe and Asia.

"Asia is expanding, it created jobs for people, and Eastern Europeans are doing the same... it's now Africa's turn,” he said.

Mr Powell also stressed the importance of his African-American heritage during an empowered speech.

"Many people have said to me you became secretary of state of the USA, is it still necessary to say that you are an African-American or that you are black, and I say, yes, so that we can remind our children,” he said.

"It took a lot of people struggling to bring me to this point in history. I didn't just drop out of the sky, people came from my continent in chains."

Christina Aguilera also made a special appearance at the event last night.

The concert was Aguilera's first full performance since giving birth to her son earlier this year.

You can see pictures from the concert below.