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Tiken Jah Fakoly - Cours d’histoire

(Kakoly Louma/Globe/Sony-2000)
Les martyrs
Discrimination
Polliqui kele
Otitelena
Ohba ohba
Nationalité
Toubabou
Djourou
Sundjata
Bognan
Tata
Afriwa (Dub)
No, Jamaican reggae is not the only good reggae ! Of course, Made in France reggae is “in” but have you ever listened to Tiken Jah Fakoly’s albums ? Twenty years after Alpha Blondy, this Ivorian renewed the genre with lyrics denouncing abuses of power and the daily hardships of life (Mangercratie came out in 1997). As for rap music, does the future of reggae will lie in Africa ?
27 October 2003

Ben

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