Tiken Jah Fakoly
Odienné, Kabadougou - Ivory Coast
PERFORMER
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 into a family of musicians and oral historians known as griots, a role honoured throughout African, Fakoly took an earnest interest in reggae as a boy.