Since 1960 you have to say "Cote d'Ivoire", the west african state officially dislikes translations as Ivory Coast or Elfenbeinküste since it became independent just 50 Years ago.
Here you will find a small radio piece (german) on the events around the ivorien declaration of independence.
Abidjan is the capital of the Cote d'Ivoire (even if president Felix Houphouet-Boigny officially declared his small home village capital, where he had had built a 2nd St. Peter's Basilica and huge highways which remained completely empty ever since). The main road for nightlife in Abidjan is the Rue Princesse, home of Ivorien urban music styles as "Zouglou" and "Coupé Décalé" ("cut & rearrange")
Therefore Rue princesse is also the name of a
German-Ivorien-Festival, that starts this thursday with movies, theater, performance, fashion shows etc. And of course with concerts featuring Chicks on Speed, Shaggy Sharoof, Erobique and Gadoukou le Star with promising programme titles as "Weißenscheiß" and "Gruß an die Weltbank" ("Eloge to World Bank", "Shit of Whites"), Hamburgs enfant terrible Jacques Palminger almost certainly holds responsible for.
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