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Tiken Jah Fakoly , born Doumbia Moussa Fakoly (born 1968), winner in 2000 in the category''African''new discovery, is a successful reggae artist known especially for the big Ivorian political commitment . very young age he discovered and fell in love with the upbeat music and Bob Marley. Following the lesson of the master, Fakoly made his way down firmly on the open road in home from a reggae star Alpha Blondy committed, unconventional and iconoclastic. From the beginning the young primary interest to political and social issues in Africa. In his records did not spare anyone; governments corrupt politicians cling to power, the multinationals, practicing a new kind of slavery (economic development) with the support of Western governments, support the maintenance of dictatorships and feed the corruzzione. In particular Fakoly is obsessed with the danger of ethnic conflict in his country, and the irresponsibility of those who fan the flames of xenophobia in order to maintain power.
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Despite these beliefs (truth) told in the songs in terms as explicit and its positions in parallel with the stages of the evolution of his political and social Ivory Coast had cost him his exile, continues Fakoly to be an important voice for many young Africans. In his most recent work,'' African Revolution''(Wrasse-Barklay, 2010), the usual simple and pleasant concentration of classic roots reggae peppered with sounds (and instruments) African (recovered - here - in the area of \u200b\u200b Uabab hermano''10''and praise Borguez ) the Ivorian artist claims the enormous importance covered by education, a commitment that intensifies through projects as''a concert, a school that adheres'' donating the proceeds of his live performances, for the construction of schools in the continent. Good Vibrations, African Revolutions. Avercene, but Flack.
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''In Africa the people believe is enough to say''God is great!''Because everything is going well. I say that God is very busy and that if we want to help us, we must first help ourselves ... so it is important to overcome ethnic and religious issues''.
Tiken Jah Fakoly