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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"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 ...

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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 ...

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Ivorian reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly, an outspoken critic of corruption and authoritarianism in African politics, has been barred from entering the Democratic Republic of Congo, ...