by Jacques Raymond TEDONGAP | Mar 22, 2020 | tech
“The great balafonists are dead. Modernity has killed the very essence of the balafon, which used to thrill us during festivities, prayers, at work and at funerals. It is with nostalgia that Valy Coulibaly evokes the balafon of his early childhood. Where great...
by Jacques Raymond TEDONGAP | Mar 22, 2020 | celebrities
The official opening of MASA on Saturday, March 7, 2020 will be marked by “Abidjan Dance Parade” which is a parade of 2020 dancers in the streets of Abobo. They will dance to the rhythm of the music of the group Espoir 2000 and Alpha Blondy”,...
by Jacques Raymond TEDONGAP | Mar 16, 2020 | celebrities
After “Jam Coco” in 2015, the artist Fadal Dey, whose real name is Kone Ibrahima Kalilou, signs his comeback on the Ivorian music scene with a 16-track album, “Je suis Afrique”. The promoter of the Mandé roots culture presented his new opus to...
by Jacques Raymond TEDONGAP | Mar 16, 2020 | Weekend column
Audiovisual piracy in all its forms has developed considerably in Côte d’Ivoire in recent years. The phenomenon is part of this “informal” economy that has become so familiar in the daily environment, in the street, in the workplace and even in the...
by Jacques Raymond TEDONGAP | Feb 26, 2020 | celebrities
Côte d’Ivoire woke up this Friday, February 21, 2020 with the powerful images of the wedding of Koné Seydou, alias Alpha Blondy with Aelyssa Darragi, host of “Alpha Blondy FM”. A sober and somewhat discreet ceremony but rich by the quality of the...
