umbertino Posted July 2, 2022 Report Share Posted July 2, 2022 Ivory Coast, west Africa musician...Very much known in all Africa and also in France, Belgium etc A youtube poster explained that the song is about the danger of Politics.People will praise you on your way up and then bring you down Seems to work the same way all over the world apparently....... True they had a few serious problems in Ivory Coast, including a Dictator ( Houphet Boigny-RIP)...Problems went on after his death, despite Country being so rich ( first world producer of cocoa etc)...Capital Abidjan is said to be one of the most modern cities in Africa....They had also a civil war.... Heard track for the 1st time while in Senegal, west Africa in 1987...Liked it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory_Coast One of the funny / sad facts about the Dictator was that he (apparently a fervent Catholic) decided to build an exact copy of St.Peter's Cathedral of Rome ( biggest catholic church in the world) in the exact original size and extremely costly materials like marbles etc imported from Italy....in his birth-town Yamoussoukro ...The classic cathedral in the desert ....Of course using millions and millions of money ( public, I'd venture to guess) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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