Roseline Layo Feat. Fatoumata Diawara - Den’ba
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DQFWzQGgFo
Dedicated to women and tribute to motherhood.
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Gor La Montagne – Zimblo
https://amf.didiermary.fr/gor-la-montagne-zimblo/
Gohili Gôh Mathias, dit Gor la Montagne, est un chanteur ivoirien. Il est principalement connu pour sa chanson “Zimblo”, sur l’album “Danse de la rue” sorti en 1990.
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Swede Lokole – Bana Swede
https://amf.didiermary.fr/swede-lokole-bana-swede/
Festive, mainly acoustic, music from Congolese artists who lived in Côte d’Ivoire, as there was a civil war in their country. The cassettes, and later records, released by Swede Lokole were in fact a way for the band to show what they could offer on stage as a live band.
They trained themselves where they […]
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Alpha Blondy – Brigadier Sabari
https://amf.didiermary.fr/alpha-blondy-brigadier-sabari/
2 classic Reggae tracks from Côte d’Ivoire… by Seydou Koné, better known by his stage name Alpha Blondy. Many of his songs are politically and socially motivated.
His first success was “Brigadier Sabari” from album Jah Glory! (1982) with The Natty Rebels, known for its satirical lyrics about police brutality. […]
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Didier Bilé et les Parents du Campus – Gboglo Koffi (1991)
https://amf.didiermary.fr/didier-bile-parents-campus-gboglo-koffi/
Nicknamed “The Spirits of Yop,” after Yopougon (the university district), or “The Cocos,” Didier Bilé’s group is one of the forerunners of Ivorian zouglou, a style revived in the midst of the student movement.
The tape Zougloudance sold almost 100 000 copies at the time…
In Baoulé, “O ti lê zouglou” means “piled up like garbage."
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Roseline Layo - Dia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsIBVB9ML78
Ismael Isaac & les Frères Keita – Nelson Mandela
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ismael-isaac-freres-keita-nelson-mandela/
Anti-Apartheid reggae song from Côte d’Ivoire, from album “Liberté” released in 1986, by Ismael Isaac & les Frères Keita.
“It is music and dancing that make me at peace with the world.”
— Nelson Mandela
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Nguenang – Wouck
https://amf.didiermary.fr/nguenang-wouck/
Cameroonian singer, arranger and composer N’guenang Myke Maurice aka Nguenang recorded his album Doty Gouock in 1980 in Abidjan.
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Ismael Isaac – Polio
https://amf.didiermary.fr/ismael-isaac-polio-teridjougou/
Ismael Isaac, de son vrai nom Kaba Diakité Issiaka, est un chanteur et artiste reggae de Côte d’Ivoire, né en 1966 à Abidjan.
D’abord connu au milieu des années 80 pour de multiples cassettes, il enregistre son premier album en 1990 (Rahman) avec Boncana Maïga qui lui ouvre la porte d’une carrière internationale. […]
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Alpha Blondy – Whole Lotta Love
https://amf.didiermary.fr/alpha-blondy-whole-lotta-love/
“Whole Lotta Love” comes from “Human Race” released in August 2018 by Alpha Blondy. It’s a revisited version of Led Zeppelin‘s original song.
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Alpha Blondy – No Brain, No Headache
https://amf.didiermary.fr/alpha-blondy-no-brain-no-headache/
“No Brain, No Headache” comes from album “Positive Energy” by Alpha Blondy & The Solar System in 2015. Reggae with a real Rock vibe…
Many invited artists on this album: two Jamaican big names (Ijahman on “Rainbow In The Sky” and Tarrus Riley on “Freedom”), the Zouk boss Jacob Desvarieux on “N’Teritche” and a promising young […]
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Tiken Jah Fakoly – Dernier appel
https://amf.didiermary.fr/dernier-appel-tiken-jah-fakoly/
Tiken Jah Fakoly, de son vrai nom Doumbia Moussa Fakoly, né le 23 juin 1968 à Odienné, en Côte d’Ivoire, est un auteur-compositeur-interprète et chanteur de reggae ivoirien. Il remporta le prix RFI Découvertes Afrique en 2000.
Dernier appel” est un album sorti en 2014. Nneka et Alpha Blondy sont invités.
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Toumani Diabaté’s Symmetric Orchestra
https://amf.didiermary.fr/symmetric-orchestra-toumani-diabate/
Toumani Diabaté‘s Symmetric Orchestra released “Boulevard de l’Indépendance” in 2006.
Nick Gold and the World Circuit team started recording a three-part series called “The Hotel Mandé Sessions,” at Bamako, Mali’s Hotel Mandé. In July 2006, after “In the Heart of the Moon” and “Savane,” the debut [...]
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Alpha Blondy – Sankara
https://amf.didiermary.fr/alpha-blondy-sankara/
Thomas Sankara was killed on 10/15/87 in Ouagadougou.
This is the second track on “Jah Victory”, a 2007 reggae album by the Ivorian artist Alpha Blondy, recorded with Jamaican musicians Robbie Shakespeare on bass guitar and Sly Dunbar on drums. “Jah Victory” is his 14th album.
“The enemies of a people are those who keep them […]
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