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 ...

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 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 ...

As a child in rural northern Côte d’Ivoire, Tiken Jah Fakoly whiled away the hours listening to his brother’s reggae records. Racines repays his debt to Jamaica, covering eleven classics from Kingston ...

Ivorian exile reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly shares the mic with Jamaican vocalist Ken Booth in this cover of Is It Because I'm Black on his album Racines. Kora and ngoni trade licks before the ...

The Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly brings out two new singles this week which aim to bring a very pointed message to African leaders. He wants to tell them not to modify their constitutions to ...

This is a guest post by Tiken Jah Fakoly, musician, activist and supporter of ONE’s pan-African campaign ‘Do Agric’. I am a reggae man, music is my profession. But when I am not singing, I want to put ...

Following the release of his eighth album Dernier Appel - Last Call, Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly talks about using African percussion to fulfil Bob Marley's prophesy that reggae would one day ...

"Coupe de Gueule!", the latest album from Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly is the work of an angry man. He is angry at the the state of his homeland, Ivory Coast; angry at the incumbent African ...

After a triumphant sold-out tour worldwide, Tiken Jah Fakoly is back with a new album and a unique acoustic tour. Surrounded by traditional West African musicians, the artist revisits 25 years of his ...