Newly inaugurated as president of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, who was a victim of a poisonous law that barred him from power — and indeed from home for years — vows … Read More
The French-speaking West African country of Cote d’Ivoire was much in the news lately, arousing attention even within unexpected circles in the United States. In-keeping with our commitment to take …
By Michaela Bewa On March 17, 1962 in Cote d’Ivoire’s coastal city of Grand-Bassam, West Africa, a boy was born in the Ehui family. His parents named him Frederick Desire. …
By Francine Ayessou-Komla With her third album, Okaman, released in 1995 that sold a whopping one million copies, Ivorian entertainer Monique Seka saw her music career blossom all of a sudden. Okaman, …
Côte d’Ivoire, a West African success story – March 1996 When Ivorian President Félix Houphouet-Boigny died in December 1993, observers of West African politics talked of the death of a giant. …
