Alpha Blondy stages landmark concert in Ivory Coast
Alpha Blondy stages landmark concert in Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast’s biggest reggae star, Alpha Blondy, staged Sunday his first concert in his homeland since it was split by a failed 2002 coup, calling on his countrymen to put their bloody past behind them. President Laurent Gbagbo and some 5,000 fans turned up for the Peace and Reconciliation Concert in the picturesque coastal town of Grand Bassam, which served as the country’s capital in the early years of French colonial rule.