Tiken Jah Fakoly


  • Tiken Jah Fakoly - Ivory Coast's reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly performs on stage  after being awarded with the 'Grand Prix des musiques du monde' during the SACEM (Societe des auteurs, compositeurs et editeurs de musique) Grand Prix awards ceremony on November 26, 2012 at the Casino de Paris. Every year the SACEM Grand Prix awards identify favourites among creators from the music, entertainment and audiovisual worlds and the media.
  • Tiken Jah Fakoly - Ivory Coast's reggae singer Tiken Jah Fakoly performs during a concert on the last day of the ''caravan of peace and reconciliation'', on November 3, 2012 in Abidjan. Ivorian artists performed across the country for two weeks to promote peace.
  • Tiken Jah Fakoly - Fans of Ivory Coast's  reggae star Tiken Jah Fakoly holds a portrait of Che Guevara as he performs during a reconciliation concert held in Treichville, Abidjan 'working district, late 08 December 2007. Fakoly was in exile  in Mali and has built his reputation thanks to his soulful reggae style - a reminder that reggae is still a potent force in Africa.
  • Tiken Jah Fakoly - Ivorian singer Tiken Jah Fakoly performs during the 35th edition of 'Le Printemps de Bourges' rock and pop festival in the French city of Bourges on April 24, 2011.
  • Tiken Jah Fakoly - Ivorian reggae singer, Tiken Jah Fakoly poses on April 24, 2011 in Bourges (central France), part of the 35th edition of ' Le Printemps de Bourges' rock pop festival.
  • Tiken Jah Fakoly - Ivorian singer Tiken Jah Fakoly performs during the 35th edition of 'Le Printemps de Bourges' rock and pop festival in the French city of Bourges on April 24, 2011.
  • Tiken Jah Fakoly - Ivorian reggae singer, Tiken Jah Fakoly poses on April 24, 2011 in Bourges (central France), part of the 35th edition of ' Le Printemps de Bourges' rock pop festival.
In the tradition of Bob Marley, Alpha Blondy, and his African griot caste, Tiken Jah Fakoly emerged in the late '90s as Africa's premier social critic through reggae. Born Doumbia Moussa Fakoly (June 23, 1968) into a family of musicians and oral historians known as griots, a role honored throughout Africa, Fakoly took an earnest interest in reggae as a boy growing up in the town of Odienné on the ...more