Requiem for Les Éléphants d’Or: a playlist for Côte d’Ivoire’s golden generation

By John James* Defeat to Stephen Keshi’s forceful young Super Eagles in the quarter finals turned the dreams of Ivorians to ashes, and everywhere high-flown tributes are being read out to the golden generation of Ivorian footballers who never quite made it on the big international stage. Côte d’Ivoire can look forward to more Nations Cups […]

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Music / Khaled and Magic System

Still working. Magic Systeme and Khaled help me stay focused and awake. Franck Ribery gets thrown in for color. (BTW, the relationship between French musicians and French footballers is interesting. See also, for example, Youssoupha connecting with Claude Makalelele (the Congolese connection) and Sami Traore.

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