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Tiken Jah Fakoly

Tiken Jah Fakoly, whose real name is Doumbia Moussa Fakoly, was born on June 23, 1968 in Odienné in northwestern Ivory Coast, although it belongs a family of blacksmiths, from Guinea. Being very young boy discovers the reggae music, is excited about it and wants to follow in the footsteps of Bob Marley and his compatriot, Alpha Blondy . So before you turn 18 mounts his first group, Djelys, released two albums with them, Djelys in 1993 and Missiri in 1994. She then embarked on a solo career and in 1996 she released her first album, Mangercratie . From the beginning

Tiken Jah Fakoly is interested in social and political developments in his country and the entire African continent. Take advantage of its songs to denounce the abuses and excesses on the part of African governments, it also attacks the multinationals, who practice a different model of slavery, economic, against American and European governments that support dictatorships, the persistence of corruption, exploitation and hunger As long as your share in the distribution of wealth in Africa, and against the monotheistic religions that prevent coexistence among the peoples of Africa, urging them to the separation and division, something that did not happen. Thanks to this the popularity of Tiken grew among the young but also earned the enmity of their leaders.

The basis of his music, and even his life, the reggae. Tiken Jah Fakoly says he gave his life to reggae and reggae has saved his life on more than one occasion and has been since, thanks to his music became friends with many military, reggae enthusiasts like him that as soon as they heard of any planned action to beat and even kill Tiken warning him and managed to escape. It was they who advised him to leave the country to save his life. And he did, since 2003 lives in exile in Mali, after seeing his house burned and as some of his friends was murdered under mysterious circumstances. After this has also been declared persona non grata in some countries after attack against its leaders.

in 1998 performing for the first time in Europe, in Paris, in particular, and in 1999 released his second solo album, Cours d'histoire (Course of History) and Tiken Jah Fakoly is a special interest that young people know their history, the history of the continent because, he says, "How can one know where to go if you do not know what the source?

In 2000 a new album, Le Cameleon , and in 2002, Françafrique , where we find songs like that you can hear in the next video, "Le pays goes wrong" (The country is wrong) , which says things how are you: "Once there was neither Christian nor Muslim, but now we're screwed. Students are divided, the military is divided, the teachers are divided. Even the mothers in the markets are divided ... "




Françafrique had good sales results, won a Gold Record and in 2003 he was in France a Victoire de la Musique in the category of Album of Reggae and World Music . The year after, in October 2004, sees the light of a new album, Coup de gueule (Beat the mouth), which also won a Gold Record, the same thing happens with L'Africain, published in September 2007 and in which we find songs like "Ouvrez les frontières" (Open the borders), which accompanies the comoronense rapper, born Marseille, Soprano.




In L'Africain, we are faced with this unique cover of Sting "Englishman in New York." Tiken has entitled "Africain à Paris."




Africa's future sees Tiken Jah Fakoly on young people, so since 2009 is engaged in an education campaign, "a concert, a school." Through their concerts revenue performance and other artists want to build schools in all African peoples to make education for all children, this is the best way to end discrimination and provide opportunities for all. Thanks to this campaign and several schools have risen and will continue because, Tiken says, "Education is the light" and at the same time the most intelligent revolution. That, of revolution, spoke his latest album, African Revolution, which was published on 27 September this year. Here is his first single, "Je dis Non!" (I say no).




Most of the songs on this album were composed by the same Tiken Jah Fackoly, alone or together with his friend Magyd Cherfi , Zebda group is for "Il faut is lever" (Hay to get up), we translate the end. He has also received Féfé leader Saïan Supa Crew and this year produced his first solo album, he has written the above, "Non Je dis," and Jeanne Cherhal signing "Je ne veux pas ton pouvoir "(Do not want your power.) He has also had the voice of Nigeria, established in France, Asa and guitarist Thomas Naïm. We leave you with the video and the translation of "Il faut is lever", a song especially for young people, in whose hands Tiken places the African revolution witnessed that yet.

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Tiken Jah Fakoly
- "Il faut lever is" De l'album
African Revolution (2010)
Personne ne viendra

Changer l'Afrique en place notre Je dis
, personne ne viendra
Change our place in Africa

Get up, stand up, stand up

change all that should stand up, stand up, stand up
change all that


There was once a continent hostage
Who
wonders why he can not get out of his cage

Get up, stand up, stand up

change all that should stand up, stand up, stand up
change all that

It seeks happiness in the cards
It seeks but can not find
Why must we left
While Eldorado is there
We want to fly on our own
was the dream of ancestors
It is not so far off the spark that
Just open your eyes

Get up, stand up, stand up

change all that should stand up, stand up, stand up
change all that

Nobody will
change our place in Africa
I say, nobody will
Changing our place in Africa

Get up, stand up, stand up

change all that should stand up, stand up, stand up and change all
it

Unafraid of structure
And start all over again
Unafraid, turn the page
To build a new world

Get up, get up, get up
tout ça pour changer is
On doit lever, lever, lever
changer tout ça pour

Tiken Jah Fakoly

- "We must stand up" the album
African Revolution (2010) Nobody


will change Africa in our place
I mean, no one will come
to change Africa in our place

have to get up, get up, get up to change

We all get up, get up, get up to change everything



Once upon a time That continent kidnapped

wonders why can not leave his cage

have to get up, get up, get up to change
this
We must rise up, rise, rise up to change
this

We seek happiness in the letters
seek but not find
Why do we have to go
when El Dorado here?
want to fly on our own feet
That was the dream of our grandparents
Spark
is not far enough to open our eyes

have to get up, get up, get up to change
this
We must rise up, raise ,
up to change all this


No one is going to change Africa in our place
I mean, no one will come
A change Africa in our place

have to get up, get up, get up to change
this
We must rise up, rise, rise up to change
this

Fearless
work or the fact of starting from scratch
Without fear, let
page to build a new world

have to get up, get up, get up to change
this
We must rise up, rise, rise up
to change all that