alpha blondy

Alpha Blondy (born 1 January 1953) is a reggae singer, born Seydou Kon in Dimbokoro, Cte d'Ivoire. He is a major star in West Africa. He studied English at Hunter College in New York, and later in the Columbia University American Language Program. He sings mainly in Dioula, French and English, but also sometimes in Arabic or Hebrew. His lyrics denotes strong political attitude and humor. He invented the word "democrature" (it translates as "democratorship") to qualify some African governments. His first success was Brigadier Sabary. Some representative songs are:

Apartheid is Nazism
Brigadier Sabary - satirical lyrics about police brutality.
Guerre Civile - about civil war
Jerusalem - about Israel contains some lyrics in Hebrew
Journalistes en danger - about the assassination of Norbert Zongo
Politiqui - about civilian / military government alternance
Yitzhak Rabin

Blondy features on a track on the 2005 Magic System album Petit Pompier. Blondy, Alpha Blondy, Alpha Blondy, Alpha Blondy, Alpha

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