Tiken Jah Falkoly

Tiken Jah Fakoly Bio, Age, Family, Religion, and Music

Tiken Jah Fakoly is a famous Ivorian Reggae singer, songwriter, Pan-African, and Rastafarian. Tiken Jah performs music to “wake up the conscience.” Just like Bob Marley, Alpha Blondy, Peter Tosh, and many other singers, Tiken’s songs address the many injustices perpetrated against the people of his country and Africans in general, while also stirring cries for pan-Africanism and an African economic, political, and cultural renaissance.

Tiken Jah Fakoly Biography

Fakoly started his music career at the age of 18. He is the founder of Djelys. He played his first concert in 1993. Concerned by his country’s social and political evolution, Tiken Jah soon began publishing insightful works on the political environment in Côte d’Ivoire. One such piece was on the death of Félix Houphouet-Boigny in 1993, which resulted in a spike in popularity among the nation’s youth. Fakoly made his international debut in Paris in 1998.

Tiken Jah Falkoly
Photo of Fakoly.

Fakoly has lived in exile in Bamako, Mali, since 2003, due to the growth in political instability and xenophobia in Côte d’Ivoire, as well as death threats for his songs. In December 2007, he was declared persona non grata in Senegal for publicly criticizing President Abdoulaye Wade.

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Tiken Jah created the campaign “Un concert une école” (One Concert, One School) in 2009. Through the movement and collaboration with institutions and organizations. He funded the construction of a school in Touroni, Mali, and a college in Dianké, Mali. He performed concerts in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, and Guinea, accompanied by a massive educational communication campaign.

Tiken Jah Fakoly Age

Jah Fakoly, whose real name is Doumbia Moussa Fakoly, was born on June 23, 1968 (age 55) in Odienné, Kabadougou Region, north-western Côte d’Ivoire.

Tiken Jah Fakoly Family

Fakoly was raised in an Islamic family. His father died when he was 19 years old. His family was hesitant to back his reggae career, though he kept his family life private. He smokes marijuana on occasion but encourages others not to.

Religion

Tiken Jah is a Muslim, and he practices Rastafarianism.

Tiken Jah Fakoly - Religion
Fakoly Religion

Tiken Jah Religion: Lyrics

Religion should be cool
Religion can be crazy
Religion should be cool
Religion can be crazy

If you decide to kill yourself,
Do it alone
If you want to go to your paradise,
Go there alone

Don’t bring the kids
Don’t bring innocent children

Religion should be cool
Religion can be crazy
Religion should be cool
Religion can be crazy

I can hear some women crying
Crying crying crying
I can see innocent parents
crying cause’ they lost their child

Nothing is worth dying for.

Religion should be cool
Religion can be crazy
Religion should be cool
Religion can be crazy

No one could ever forgive
The killing of innocent children
No one could ever agree
With your way to read the book

Guilty you are to me
For the murder of the youth
For the murder of the youth
For the murder of the children
For the murder of humanity

Religion should be cool
Religion can be crazy
Religion should be cool
Religion can be crazy

Dolou wilyla sogo madala 
Olouma woulafé yioró yié 
Olouma woulafé yioró yiééé 
Ko doloukó kolouté woulafé yioró yié 

Dolou dala soufé 
Olouma sogómada yié 
Olouma sogómada yié 
Ko doloukó koluté sogomada yié 

Anga diná bató 
Anka na gnongon fakhá 
Bekaka dina bató 
Anka na gnongon fakhá 

Anga diná bató- wou-oh wou-oh 
Bekaka dina bató -wou-oh wou-oh 

Anga dina bató 
Anka na gnongon fakha 
Bekaka dina bató-wou-oh wou-oh 
Anka na gnonon fakhá 

Ni mblalamina okayá fannema 
Anka na gnonon fakhá
Ni mblalamina okayá fannema 
Anka na gnonon fakhá
Ni mblalamina okayá fannema 
Anka na gnonon fakhá
Ni mblalamina okayá fannema 
Anka na gnonon fakhá

Tiken Jah Fakoly Albums

Jah ALBUMS.