Africain à Paris

Last week, I spoke about Tukuleur being inspired by Toto’s Africa. Well, here’s another case of inspiration. If you like Sting’s Englishman in New York, you’ll also like Tiken Jah Fakoly’s “Africain à Paris” (Lyrics here). A lot of Africans emigrate to France, which is not surprising considering that French is spoken in a very large part of Africa. From Wiki: According to the 2007 report by the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, an estimated 115 million African people spread across 31 francophone African countries can speak French either as a first or second language.

You must also watch the video of “Non à l'excision”, a beautiful song which supports the fight against the brutal act of excision which is still in practice in many countries of Africa. Read more about it here.

Tiken Jah Fakoly is originally from Côte d'Ivoire.