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Monthly Archives: February 2015
Ivorian web-series: ‘Sa c koi sa enkor’
If there’s one thing that unites Ivorians, aside from football, it’s complaining about the state broadcaster RTI. Sometimes this is unfair (if you have CANAL satellite you can check out some of the other West African state tv channels, which … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Web
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Ivory Coast’s Emergence – is the slogan realistic?
If there’s one word that’s almost impossible to escape nowadays in Ivory Coast, it’s ’emergence’. The presidential vision is to see the country become an emerging nation by 2020. You’re almost guaranteed to hear it every single evening on RTI’s … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics
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Victory at last
Rarely have the eventual winners of the African Cup of Nations started the competition in worse shape. The opening 45 minutes of Ivory Coast’s first group stage match against Guinea constitute some of the most embarrassing football Ivorian fans have … Continue reading
Posted in Sport
Tagged Afcon, Africa, Cote d'Ivoire, Drogba, Elephants, football, Ivory Coast, soccer
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Looking back
It’s something of a regret that I started this blog very late into my life in Abidjan: the first post was made in May 2011, at the beginning of the Ouattara presidency. I struggle to remember why I hadn’t been … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Ivorian repatriate blogs
I’ve noticed that in Ivory Coast I don’t think there’s yet been a single example of that staple of other West African blogospheres – the repatriate blog. You know the ones: the returning West African national excited about heading home after a … Continue reading
Posted in Diaspora, Web
Tagged Abidjan, Africa rising, blogging, Cote d'Ivoire, Ivorian, Ivory Coast, repatriate
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