Boycotted by radio shows for being too provocative but piling up hits on Ivory Coast’s social media for nailing facts of life, the young rapper’s latest song has a bite. Sex, money, social injustice —…
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Ivory Coast’s African art museum gets new lease of life
It has been buffeted by the pendulum swing of domestic politics and suffered looting that left it without some of its most precious items. But Ivory Coast’s Museum of Civilisations is now back, and determined…
#ArtNews: Ivorian artist draws on roots in ‘Mogo Dynasty’ show
“Some people said I’d wasted my life, that I should be a doctor, do something else,” recalls Aboudia, an Ivorian painter with international fame and a big show this month in Abidjan. Aboudia grew up…
Chasing fair skin, Ivorians ignore whitening cream ban
At just 26, Fatou’s skin is marbled from layer on layer of whitening cream. Some even call her a “salamander” woman after the little reptile with light spots and translucent skin. But nothing can stop…
Malian artists launch peace song
Some of Mali’s biggest artists have composed a song for peace in a country where the Army, backed by French troops, is battling to drive out Islamist extremists occupying the western desert north. The seven-minute…
Kim Kardashian in Africa for ‘private soiree’
Bad boy rapper Kanye West’s baby mama-to-be Kim Kardashian is in the Ivory Coast capital this weekend for a set of appearances at two events tonight. Kim took an 11 hour flight to Abidjan, where…
‘Massage Minus’ or ‘Massage Plus’
Aug 5, 2011 – On a partly cloudy day, visitors from Abidjan flood into the Grand-Bassam beach (43 km from the capital) to relax and enjoy some fresh air from the sea breeze. On this…