Alpha Blondy was a musician well before he discovered reggae. In high school in Dimbokoro, Ivory Coast, known then as Sedou Kone, he played with the Atomic Vibrations, a high school band that played ...
Drawing on a Dunhill and sipping port, a foreign ambassador sits in an alcove of a Paris hotel bar, pondering the latest Middle East peace talks. But this roving diplomat dresses like a Rastafarian, ...