Tiken Jah Fakoly

"The Futur is Africa" 

Isn't it marvelous to dance and shout on the epic bouncing sounds of our dear Moussa Doumbia aka Tiken Jah Fakoly?  Well, thanks to "Festival Jawhara ", Vinylers were present to cover the entire concert!

Born in Odienné, Ivory Coast, June 23rd ,1968, Fkoly got introduced to reggae music at a very early age, starting his very first band by the name of Djelys in  1987. Concerned by the social and political evolution in his country, and mainly in Africa, he transcripts his views and shares his futur dreams for an "African United" through his reggaeluttion music, that way, he is seen as the second best figure of Reggae Music right after Bob Marley.

Fakoly is clear about one thing, that his music aims to wake people's counscious into seing the goods in their land, by the land, he is refering to Africa, the injustice and the unfairness that African people suffer from, many hometown listeners feel his music as his lyrics describes perfectly how opressed they are. This connection made him the must-listened to artist throughout the world.

“It’s a message of consciousness, a message about African history. I know the way they tell the history of Africa here, as if it began with slavery and colonization. It’s important to explain that before slavery, we had societies that functioned. We had kingdoms, empires. Our ancestors had remedies for diseases. When you had a headache you knew exactly which leaf to cut to heal it.”

Discography:

·         1993: Les Djelys 

·         1994: Missiri 

·         1996: Mangercratie

·         1999: Cours d'histoire

·         2000: Le Caméléon 

·         2002: Françafrique 

·         2004: Coup de gueule

·         2005: Africa wants to be free

·         2007: L'Africain 

·         2008: Live in Paris 

·         2008: Le Caméléon 

·         2010: African Revolution

·         2014: Dernier Appel