Ivory Coast's descent into hell follows the tragic post-colonial template of African politics. An old-school political patriarch, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, ruled with an iron fist for 33 years after ...

A non-Rastafarian reggae musician who grew up a practicing Muslim, Tiken Jah Fakoly is a native of Africa’s Ivory Coast who draws most of his material and inspiration from his home continent. His ...

IT is interesting how reggae music continues to dominate cultural politics across the globe, giving musical support to reverse despotism everywhere. Those old enough to remember will recall that ...

(Updates with concert taking place, quote from fan paragraph 7) By Ange Aboa ABIDJAN, Dec 8 (Reuters) - African reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly on Saturday played his first concert in his native Ivory ...

Doumbia Moussa Fakoly (born June 23, 1968 in Odienné), better known by his stage name Tiken Jah Fakoly, is an Ivorian reggae singer and songwriter. Doumbia Moussa Fakoly was born on 23 June 1968 in ...

“It was a scary time,” says Ivory Coast’s roots-reggae superstar Tiken Jah Fakoly about the devastating civil war that brought his home country to its knees. Things came to a head last March when ...

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African reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly yesterday played his first concert in his native Ivory Coast since the start of a civil war five years ago, when his biting political lyrics drove him into exile.

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