Alpha Blondy

**Seydou Koné**, si wonya nyuie wu kple eƒe hadzidzi ŋkɔ **Alpha Blondy**, nye Ivorytɔwo ƒe reggae hadzila eye wònye xexeame katã ƒe haƒoƒo ƒe nutala bibi aɖe. Wodzii le Dimbokro le January 1, 1953. Zi geɖe la, dunyahehe kple hadomenyawo nɔa eƒe hadzidziwo me, eye wòdzia wo zi geɖe le wo degbe Dyula, Fransegbe, kple Eŋlisigbe me, gake ezãa gbe bubuwo abe Arabgbe alo Hebrigbe ene hã ɣeaɖewoɣi.

## Ƒe gbãtɔwome

### Ɖevime
Seydou Koné, si nye ƒome aɖe si si vi enyi le ƒe viŋutsu gbãtɔ la, tɔgbuia nyi le nɔnɔme si me wòde dzesii be ele "hamemetsitsiwo dome" me. Ele be nɔnɔme sia nakpɔ ŋusẽ ɖe eƒe dɔwɔwɔ dzi vevie. Alpha Blondy ʋu yi Odienné kple fofoa le ƒe 1962. Le ɣeyiɣi sia me la, enye sukuvi le Sainte Elisabeth Sekɛndrisuku eye wònɔ vevie dom nu le Ivory Coast sukuviwo ƒe habɔbɔa me. Le sekɛndrisuku la, enye haƒoha aɖe me tɔ, gake le tɔtɔ si wòhe va eƒe sukudede me ta la, wonyae le suku mlɔeba. Le ƒe 1973 me la, edzilawo wɔ ɖoɖo nɛ be wòade Eŋlisigbe ƒe suku aɖe le Monrovia, si nye Liberia ƒe fiadu. Esi wònɔ afima ɣleti wuietɔ̃ katã vɔ la, etso nya me mlɔeba be yeaʋu ayi United States be yeƒe Eŋlisigbe nanyo ɖe edzi.

### Kɔledzi si le United States
Le ƒe 1974 me la, Seydou ʋu yi United States of America , afisi wòde Hunter College kple Columbia Yunivɛsiti ƒe Amerikatɔwo ƒe Gbegbɔgblɔ Ŋuti Ðoɖowɔɖi le be yeaxɔ Eŋlisigbe me ɖaseɖigbalẽ kple susu be yeawɔ dɔ le sukudede me. Esime wònɔ New York la, Rastafaritɔwo ƒe subɔsubɔha la do goe eye wòyi ɖakpɔ Jamaicatɔ fefewɔlawo abe Burning Spear ene ƒe fefewo. Esi Seydou trɔ yi Ivory Coast hafi wòte ŋu ɖɔ eƒe ŋutsuvi zɔhɛ Fulgence Kassi, si tsi va zu television dzi wɔnawo wɔla kpɔdzidzedze la ɖo. Do ŋgɔ na ema la, Seydou ƒo eɖokui ɖe nyaʋiʋli geɖe me hafi trɔ yi dukɔa me. Eƒe hadzila ƒe dɔwɔwɔ dze egɔme nyuie le ɣeyiɣi sia me, eye wòtia fefewɔƒe ŋkɔ "Alpha Blondy" na eɖokui.

## Hadzidzidɔ
Blondy ƒe solo album gbãtɔ si nye Jah Glory do le ƒe 1982 me esi wònɔ TV dzi wɔna geɖe me na Kassi vɔ megbe. Le hadzidzi si nye "Brigadier Sabari," si gblɔ eƒe nuteƒekpɔkpɔ le esi wolée de gaxɔ me le Abidjan le ƒe 1980-awo me kple alesi kpovitɔwo wɔ nuvevii si kplɔe ɖo ta la, ele be haƒogbalẽ sia naxɔ ŋkɔ ŋutɔ eye mlɔeba la, ava zu tsitretsiɖeŋu ƒe dzesi. Le eƒe Afrika-trɔtrɔ tɔxɛ ɖe Reggae ŋu ta la, Alpha Blondy da tu xɔ ŋkɔ le Abidjan, eye wòxɔ megbeŋkɔ "Afrika ƒe Bob Marley" tso eƒe alɔdzedɔwɔƒea ƒe amedzro siwo dea ta agu nɛ gbɔ. Abe Bob Marley, amesi hã nye gbɔgbɔmeme, dunyahehe me veviedonula, kple mɔkpɔkpɔbuɖeame, eye eƒe hadzidzi "Aʋa" si Alpha Blondy ƒo nu tsoe ene la, enye ame si hã nye ame si ƒe susu le nu nyuiwo ŋu, si bua dunyahehe ŋu, eye wòƒo eɖokui ɖe dunyahehe me. Edzi ha le Eŋlisigbe, Fransegbe, Baoulé, kple wo degbe Dioula me ale be ame geɖe nase eƒe gbedasia. Emegbe la, etsɔ haƒonu yeyewo abe violin kple cello ene de eya ŋutɔ ƒe reggae-haƒoƒo ƒe atsyã me.

Eteƒe medidi o Europa va nya alesi Alpha Blondy xɔ ŋkɔe. Esi EP aɖe si ƒe tanyae nye Rasta Poué ɖu dzi vɔ la, ezɔ mɔ yi Paris le ƒe 1984 me be yealé Cocody Rock ɖe mɔ̃ dzi kple haƒoha si nye Pathe Marconi. Wolé albɔm sia ƒe tanya hakpakpa ɖe Jamaica ƒukpo dzi to "Bob Marley of Africa" dzi kple Marley ƒe haƒoha si kpe ɖe eŋu, The Wailers.

Le ƒe 1985 me la, Blondy trɔ gbɔ va aƒeme eye wòge ɖe haƒoƒea be yeawɔ haƒogbalẽ aɖe si ƒe tanyae nye Apartheid Is Nazism. E kple Aston "Ƒome Ŋutsu" Barrett xɔŋkɔ si le The Wailers me la, egalé "Yerusalem" ɖe mɔ̃ dzi le Jamaica ƒe Tuff Gong dɔwɔƒewo le ƒe 1986. Blondie ʋli nugɔmesese kple bubudede wo nɔewo ŋu le Abraham ƒe xɔse siwo nye Yuda-subɔsubɔ, Kristotɔnyenye, kple Islam me. Biblia, Quran, kple Torah sɔsrɔ̃ na wòkpɔ nu geɖe siwo me wòate ŋu akpɔ eƒe nyaʋiʋliwo kple nukpɔsusuwo tsoe. Le ƒe ma ke me la, ewɔ fefe aɖe le Morocco afisi wòdzi ha le Hebrigbe me. Le fifia nu la, enɔ mɔa dzi madzudzɔmadzudzɔe. Eƒe haƒogbalẽ mamlɛtɔ si nye Revolution ƒe gbeɖiɖi fa wu eye wòɖe dzi ɖi wu. Wozã cello le albɔmɔ̃a ƒe haƒoƒo me, eye Ivorytɔwo ƒe haƒola bibi Aicha Kone nye amedzro. Ivory Coast ƒe dukplɔla Félix Houphouët-Boigny ƒo nuƒo didi aɖe le nuŋlɔɖi si ƒe tanyae nye "Jah Houphout parle," si ƒe megbedede si mebɔ o koe nɔ esi.

Le ƒe 1987–1989 me la, Blondy nɔ Abidjan, afisi wòwɔa kɔnsɛtwo le eye wòléa SOS Guerre Tribale ɖe mɔ̃ dzi. Blondy ŋutɔe ƒoe ɖe esia nu, togbɔ be enɔ agbagba dzem be yeaɖe ye ɖokui ɖa tso Pathe Marconi gbɔ ɣemaɣi hã. Blondy meɖe mɔ esia xe mɔ nɛ o, eye le ƒe 1991 me la, eyi Europa hena kɔnsɛt tsaɖiɖi eye wòlé eƒe haƒogbalẽ si nye Masada si ŋu nya wogblɔna le xotutuwo me la ɖe mɔ̃ dzi kple haƒoƒo ŋuti nunyala bibiwo abe Bocana Maiga kple UK reggae haƒoƒowɔla Dennis Bovell ƒe kpekpeɖeŋu. Menye be esia nanye nusi axɔ ŋkɔ gã aɖeke o, gake mexe mɔ na Blondy hã o. Album sia si me hadzidzi si kpɔ dzidzedze "Rendez Vous" hã nɔ la nye nusi xɔ ŋkɔ ŋutɔ, eye Blondy yi edzi ƒo eƒe Gold Disc gbãtɔ nu ƒu le Paris emegbe.

Tso ƒe 1993 me la, blanuiléle nɔ Blondy ŋu le ɖeɖiteameŋu ta le xexeame katã ƒe tsaɖiɖi aɖe megbe eye woxɔe ɖe dɔwɔƒe aɖe be woakpɔ tagbɔdɔlélawo gbɔ. Ke hã esi eƒe lãmesẽ nyo ɖe edzi la, eɖe haƒogbalẽ si nye Dieu ("Mawu") ɖe go, si me wòdze gbɔgbɔmeme kple mawuvɔ̃la wu eye wòƒo nu tso eƒe dɔléle kple hayahaya ŋu le hadzidziwo abe "Heal Me" ene me.

Gake le Dzome 10, 1994 dzi la, Blondy trɔ gbɔ kple azãɖuɖua tsɔ de bubu Dukplɔla Houphouet ŋu.Emegbe ewɔ eƒe Europa-trɔgbɔ va aƒeme kple fefe aɖe si me gbeɖiɖi sesẽ aɖe le le Paris ƒe Le Zenith.  Esi Blondy ɖe eƒe ha gãtɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒo ɖe go le ƒe 1996 me vɔ la, etrɔ yi studio la be yeawɔ yeƒe ha adelia si nye Grand Bassam Zion, eye wòdzi ha le Malike, Arabgbe, Fransegbe, Eŋlisigbe, Ashanti, kple Wolof me.

Blondy trɔ yi eya ŋutɔ ƒe dukɔ me le ƒe 1998 me kple haƒogbalẽ yeye aɖe si nye The Prophet, esi wògazã ƒe eve bubu le Paris vɔ megbe. Etiae be yeaɖo ye ŋutɔ yeƒe dɔwɔƒe elabena exɔe se be yeƒe ŋkɔa ƒe susu nɔa dutanyigbawo dzi akpa. Tso ɣemaɣi la, eɖe haƒogbalẽwo kple hadzidziwo ɖe go, siwo dometɔ aɖewoe nye "Yitzhak Rabin" (si wotsɔ ɖe adzɔgbe na Israel ƒe kplɔlagã si wowu le ƒe 1995 me) kple hadzidzi "Journaliste en Danger" tso eƒe ƒe 2000 ƒe haƒogbalẽ Elohim me.

Esi woɖe CD MERCI ɖe go le ƒe 2002 me, si me Ophelie Winter kple Saian Supa Crew nɔ eye wòde dzesi Alpha Blondy ƒe ƒe 20 lia abe haƒoƒo ƒe nutala ene la, woɖoe be wòaxɔ Grammy Award na "Best Reggae Album" le ƒe 2003. Mete ŋu de ŋutilã me o kafukafuwɔƒe le New York City, ke hã, le dunyahehe ƒe nɔnɔme si le Ivory Coast ta. Grammy-nunana la na gomenɔamesi si mebɔ o be wòadɔ eteƒenɔla aɖe atsɔ ade bubu eŋu. Wota Akwaba le ƒe 2005. Le Siamlɔm 2007 me la, wowɔ eƒe CD Jah Victory. Tyrone Downie, si nye Bob Marley kple Wailers habɔbɔa me tɔ tsã, kpakple Sly Dunbar kple Robbie Shakespeare hã le eme. Hadzidzi "Aʋadziɖuɖu" nye ŋutifafa nubabla si wowɔ eye wodze dɔwɔwɔ gɔme le Ivory Coast le Tedoxe 2007 me.

"Sébé Allah Y'é" nye Blondy ƒe ha siwo wonya nyuie wu eye wokpɔ dzidzedze wu la dometɔ ɖeka.

Le Siamlɔm 19, 2009 dzi la, Blondy do hadzidzi modzaka na nutoa me Afrikatɔwo, Jamaicatɔwo, kple Amerikatɔwo ƒe ƒuƒoƒo gã aɖe le Central Park le New York. 

Le Masa 13, 2010 dzi la, woɖe mɔ na nukpɔla gbogbo aɖewo be woage ɖe Blondy ƒe konsata aɖe me le Ivory Coast atsɔ aɖo ŋku dukɔa ƒe tomefafa kple ɖekawɔwɔ dzi. Amewo ƒe agbɔsɔsɔ fũ le kɔnsɛt la me na ame blaeve ya teti xɔ abi, eye ame eve ku hã.

Le Masa 27, 2010 dzi la, Alpha Blondy wu Parkpop ƒe  hadzidzi modzaka si wowɔ le The Hague, Netherlands, nu. Exɔ ɖe Snoop Dogg kple Beenie Man teƒe.

Tsɔ kpe ɖe eŋu la, Blondy kpe ɖe Ismael Isaac kple Afrikatɔwo ƒe reggae hadzila bubuwo ŋu vevie.

Le Adamekpɔxe 2014 me la, hadzila kple hadziŋlɔla Jonathan Wilson ɖe EP Slide By ɖe go, si dzi hadzidzi "Alpha Blondy Was King" dze le.

Roots Reggae Agbalẽdzraɖoƒe, si wo ɖe go le Dzove 2015 me la, tsɔ tata aɖe si ku ɖe Alpha Blondy ŋu si me woɖe hadzidziwo gɔmeɖeɖe kple wo gɔmeɖeɖe le gbegbɔgblɔ vovovowo me, siwo dome Dioula hã le, de eme.

## Xᴐse
Moslemtɔ fofo kple dada Kristotɔ dzi Alpha Blondy, eye mamaa fiae be wòade bubu amesiame ŋu. Woateŋu ase Blondy ƒe bubudede subɔsubɔhawo katã ŋu kple gbɔgbɔmemenyenye si wòkpɔna tso wo me le ƒe 1986 ƒe hadzidzi siwo nye "Mawu nye Ðeka" kple "Yerusalem" afisi wòdzi ha le hena mawusubɔsubɔ ƒe ɖekawɔwɔ.

## Amegbetɔ ƒe kpekpeɖeŋunana
 
Woɖo Alpha Blondy Côte d’Ivoire ƒe Dukɔ Ƒoƒuawo ƒe Ŋutifafa Dutanyanyuigblɔla le ƒe 2005. Ewɔ dɔ geɖe be yeadi ŋutifafamɔ aɖe si dzi yeato atsi dunyahehe kple ŋutilã me dzrehehe si do tso amedzidzedze ƒe agbagbadzedze si do kpo nu le yeƒe dukɔa me le ƒe 2001. Ŋutifafanubabla aɖee nye ɖo eye wòdze dɔwɔwɔ gɔme tso Tedoxe 2007 me le ame gbogbo aɖewo, vevietɔ Alpha Blondy, ƒe dɔ sesẽ wɔwɔ ta. Esi Alpha Blondy Jah Glory Foundation si woɖo nyitsɔ laa, si ƒe taɖodzinue nye be yeawɔ avu kple hadome madzɔmadzɔnyenye kple dzidzimewo ƒe ahedada to aɖaŋu siwo amewo hiã be woatsɔ anyo ɖe edzi me la, Alpha keke eƒe asiɖoɖoanyi ɖe enu yi ŋgɔ wu fifia. Eɖoe kplikpaa be mele be woawɔ nuvevi ɖeviwo o eye woakpe ɖe hiãtɔwo ŋu (Jah Glory). Tafari-Genesis Retreat Camp na Ðeviwo (Ivory Coast kple Burkina Faso) nye gɔmeɖoanyia ƒe dɔ siwo li tegbee dometɔ ɖeka. Gɔmeɖoanyia wɔa dɔ be yeato gbe me ɖoɖowo vɛ ahawɔ wo ŋudɔ le kɔƒea me, abe Nyɔnuwo ƒe Ðokuidziɖuɖu ƒe Gadodo Suesuewo ƒe Ðoɖo ene, be woafia nyɔnu siwo le tsyɔ̃evi geɖewo dzi kpɔm la alesi woadze woawo ŋutɔ ƒe dɔwɔƒe gɔme ahakpɔ edzii, be woakpɔ woƒe ƒomewo dzi nyuie wu. Ðevi siwo dukɔmeviʋawo ɖe fu na, ɖevi siwo nye asrafo tsã, kple amesiwo ŋu dɔléle siwo nɔa anyi didi, siwo ate ŋu ade woƒe agbe afɔku me abe ʋusɔgbɔdɔ, asrã, asrã, kple bubuawo ene le amesiwo woɖo koŋ be wòana dzidzɔ kple mɔkpɔkpɔ nasu wo si la dome.

To eƒe hadzidziwo dzi la, Alpha Blondy gakpɔtɔ le xexeame katã ƒe ŋutifafa kple ɖekawɔwɔ dom ɖe ŋgɔ. Eƒe hadzidzi "Who Are You" kple Ophélie Winter, si wotu ɖe tomebɔmb siwo tsia tre ɖe amewo ŋu ŋu la nye kpɔɖeŋu si li fifia. Tsɔ kpe ɖe eŋu la, ekpɔ gome le amegbetɔ ƒe kpekpeɖeŋunana kple dɔmenyonunana ƒe kɔnsɛt geɖe me, abe esi wowɔ le Senegal le March 2006 me be woatsɔ akpɔ ga atsɔ atsi asrãdɔ nu le Afrika (si me wòɖe eɖokui fia kple ame xɔŋkɔ bubu geɖe le). Le eƒe ƒe sia ƒe "festa" fefe, si nye wɔna si wowɔna femaxee le Bassam Ƒuta me la, eyia agbagbadzedze sia dzi le afima hã.

Le ƒe 2014 me la, edzi *On n'oublie pas* (si Serge Bilé ŋlɔ)  kple dutoƒonuwɔla bubu geɖewo, siwo dometɔ aɖewoe nye Admiral T, Harry Roselmack, kple Jocelyne Béroard. Ha sia nye bubudede  ame 152 siwo ku tso Martinique le afɔku si dzɔ le Dasiamime 16, 2005 dzi la ŋu, be woatsɔ aɖo ŋku nudzɔdzɔ sia dzi eye woakpe ɖe AVCA, si nye amesiwo ŋu yameʋufɔkua gblẽ nu le ƒe habɔbɔ ŋu, be woaƒo ƒu ga. 

## Ha siwo wonya nyuie wu
Eƒe hadzidzi gbãtɔ  ƒe kutsetsewo dometoɖeka nye: *Brigadier Sabari.*

* "Sebe Allah Y'e."
* "Jah Glory "*–* si me wòdzia ha tsia tre ɖe ahedada ŋu le.
* "Apartheid is Nazism"
* "Brigadier Sabari" – fewuɖunya siwo ku ɖe kpovitɔwo ƒe ŋutasẽnuwɔna ŋu
* "Cocody Rock" – va zu Alpha Blondy ƒe hadzidzi
* "Guerre Civile" – ku ɖe dukɔmeviʋa ŋu
* "Jerusalem"– ŋutifafa ƒe yɔyɔ. Gbedodoɖa le Hebrigbe me dze egɔme kple hadzidzia me nyawo.
* "Journalistes en danger" – ku ɖe Norbert Zongo wuwu ŋu
* *"* Politiqui *" –* ku ɖe dumevi dzrowo / asrafowo ƒe dziɖuɖu ƒe tɔtrɔ ɖe wo nɔewo ŋu
* "Yitzhak Rabin" – woŋlɔe le ƒe 1995 me, le Israel ƒe Dukplɔlagã Yitzhak Rabin wuwu megbe, eye wotsɔe na eyama.
* "Sweet Fanta Diallo"
* "Téré" 
* "Blesser"
* "Rasta Poué" 
* "Ethiopia De Eli Boy Hag"
* "Masada" 
* "Come Back Jesus"
* "Peace in Liberia"
*"Multipartisme (Médiocratie)"
* "Rendez-Vous" 
* "Jah Houphouet" Le ƒe 1988 me la, woɖe Amerikatɔwo ƒe tsikpedzifefewɔlawo ƒe dzidzime aɖe va Alpha Blondy ƒe hadzidziwo me esime woɖe hadzidzia, tso ƒe 1985 ƒe haƒogbalẽ si nye "Apartheid is Nazism" me ɖe Greg Stump ’s cult ski movie, *Blizzard of Aahhh’s ƒe* gbeɖiɖi me .

## Haƒonuwo
 

; Studio ƒe albɔmɔ̃wo

* *Yah Ŋutikɔkɔe!* (ƒe 1982)
* *Cocody Agakpe!!!* (ƒe 1984)
* *Ameƒomevinyenye Nye Nazitɔnyenye* (ƒe 1985) .
* *Yerusalem* (ƒe 1986) .
* *Tɔtrɔ kpata* (ƒe 1987) .
* *Nyagblɔɖilawo* (ƒe 1989) .
* *S. O. S. Guerre Tribale* (ƒe 1991) .
* *Masada* (ƒe 1992) .
* *Dieu* (ƒe 1994) .
* *Grand Bassam Zion Agakpe* (ƒe 1996) .
* *Yitzhak Rabin* (ƒe 1998) .
* *Elohim* (ƒe 2000) .
* *Merci* (ƒe 2002) .
* *Jah Aʋadziɖuɖu* (ƒe 2007) .
* *Nukpɔkpɔ* (ƒe 2011)
* *Ŋusẽ ɣaɣla* (ƒe 2013) .
* *Ŋusẽ Nyui* (ƒe 2015) .
* Amegbetɔƒomevi (2018) .

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