Dynamic Africa
Formerly, "This is Africa/fyeahAfrica".
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Student, 24
Based in Cape Town, South Africa
From Lagos, Nigeria
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Colonial postcard: “The Fashionable Hair, Native Woman”
Photo by F. Arkhurst, Grand Bassam, Ivory Coast
Photo by Daniel Attouma Amicchia
Untitled, 1950
Cote d’Ivoire
©Collection Sindika Dokolo - Revue Noire
Necklace of 21 cast gold beads, comprising discs, rectangles and tubolar forms.
Large disc-shaped and rectangular beads were made for the chief to emphasize his prestige and to keep away evil influences.
Baule, Cote d’Ivoire, Africa.
XX century.
Central unit cm. 6
SPORTS: Nigeria vs Kenya, and Cote D’Ivoire vs Gambie.
I’ll be live-tweeting both games at @dynamicafrica on twitter.
Football Rebels is a television documentary series that chronicles the lives of inspiring football stars who’ve used their fame and influence to draw attention to human rights issues.
The first episode looks at how Ivorian player Didier Drogba helped his national team qualify for the 2006 world cup, and then challenged President Gbagbo to end the civil war in his country.
Premiering on Tuesday 12 March, 2013, on Al Jazeera, Football Rebels is a television documentary series that chronicles the lives of inspiring football stars who’ve used their fame and influence to draw attention to human rights issues.
The first episode looks at how Ivorian player Didier Drogba helped his national team qualify for the 2006 world cup, and then challenged President Gbagbo to end the civil war in his country.
Episode two takes us to the late 50s and at the heart of Algeria’s fight for independence as Algerian football player Rachid Mekhloufi leaves France and returns to his home country to join the FLN football team and play for Algerian independence.
Watch episode 1 this week on Tuesday March 12th on Al Jazeera at 22:30GMT, or catch it here on Dynamic Africa the following day.
Stay tuned.
A Touareg (Imazighen) vendor on the shores of Assinie Beach, Cote d’Ivoire
(via akwaaba-in-ci)
STYLE ICON: Dobet Gnahoré
Grammy Award-winning and World Music-nominated Ivorian musician and singer Dobet Gnahoré’s style is beyond your wildest Afro-punk dreams.
With a band consisting of her percussionist father Boni Ngahoré, as well as several French and Tunisian acts, both the 29-year-old singer’s musical sounds and aesthetic mirror various elements of Pan-Africanism that can often be seen in the jewelry she wears and the infusion of Bété, Baoulé, reggae, rumba and Manding influences in her music.
“It’s not normal that people that live in such a rich continent are still considered among the poorest in the world. It’s like we live in a house full of gold, but we are incapable of providing healthcare, education, and food to the people living that house.” - Tiken Jah Fakoly.
Tiken Jah Fakoly (born 1968) is a reggae singer from Côte d’Ivoire.
Tiken Jah was born into a Muslim family of griots Doumbia Moussa Fakoly on June 23, 1968 in Odienné, north-western Côte d’Ivoire. He discovered reggae at an early age, assembling his first group, Djelys, in 1987. He became well-known at a regional level, but would soon ascend to national recognition.[1]
Concerned by the social and political evolution of his country, it was not long before Tiken Jah was writing incisive works on the political environment in Côte d’Ivoire. One such work was on the death of Félix Houphouët-Boigny in 1993, which resulted in a surge of popularity amongst the nation’s youth. In 1998, Fakoly made his first international appearance in Paris.
Tiken Jah Fakoly plays music “to wake up the consciences”. His music speaks about many injustices done to the people of his country, and those over Afrika. As such, many Afrikan listeners feel a deep affinity with his lyrics as Fakoly speaks for oppressed people. This connection has helped make Tiken Jah Fakoly a much-listened artist throughout the world.
Since the rise in political instability and xenophobia in Côte d’Ivoire in recent years, Tiken Jah has been living in exile, particularly in Bamako (capital of the neighboring country of Mali) where his concerts are well-attended. In December 2007, Fakoly was declared persona non grata in Senegal after criticizing President Abdoulaye Wade.More Videos on World Afropedia.
Societe Generale bank, Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Henri Chomette, 1955
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Akan Gold Sword Ornament in the Form of a Head
Origin: Ghana/Ivory Coast
Circa: 19 th Century AD to 20 th Century AD
Dimensions:5.75” (14.6cm) high x 4.75” (12.1cm) wide
Collection: African Art
Style: Akan
Medium: GoldThis impressive gold piece depicting a human head with spiky hair was made by one of the ethnic groups which go to make up the Akan group of Ghana. It is sensitively moulded, with almond eyes, a long nose, bared teeth and extraordinarily bushy eyebrows under hair made up of numerous small spikes attached individually to the scalp.
The Akan are a large polity made up of numerous smaller groups (Asante, Fante, Aowin, Anyi, Akye and Abron) of the former Gold Coast - now Ghana. Their society, which was founded in the 14th century, has had a very turbulent history and was involved in the 18th century federation that took a golden stool as their emblem and rose up against the European invaders. Their society is highly ritualised, with numerous gods under the main deity known as Onyame (“the Supreme One”), and a host of spirits. Descent is matrilineal, which is perhaps why so many of their sculptural works depict women. They are renowned not only for their ritual works, but also for their secular and decorative pieces which - while reflecting aspects of ritual and social life - are designed purely for aesthetic reasons.
A map showing the countries that have made it to the quarterfinals (yellow) of the Africa Cup of Nations tournament.
They are:
- Mali
- South Africa
- Cape Verde
- Cote D’Ivoire/Ivory Coast
- Nigeria
- Ghana
- Burkina Faso
- Togo
South Africa is the only country outside of West Africa to make it to this stage.
Alpha Blondy Mystic Power Tour 2013.
Yaya Toure celebrating his 2nd goal of the Africa Cup of Nations during the 2nd game of Group D against Tunisia, hence confirmed a spot for Cote d’Ivoire in the Quarter Finals.
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