'African Revolution' symbolizes Tiken Jah Fakoly's return to his African roots. Gone is the horn section, so characteristic in reggae, to be replaced by a series of well known (ngoni, kora, balafon) and lesser known (soukou, tama, yabara) West-African instruments. The fact Tiken Jah is now also taking a stab at singing in English, is a move we would not exactly encourage (see for example the fairly simplistic opening track 'African Revolution'). Lyrically Fakoly remains the big Ivorian revolutionary criticizing just about all forms of abuse (corrupt politicians, the false reality of television, freedom of expression...) that cross his path. In any case 'African Revolution' is Tiken Jah's most intimate and personal album to date ('Initié', "thank you" in Bambara, is an homage to his mother who passed away during the recording of this album) and although it lacks the hit potential of its predecessors, this would definitely make for some nice live shows.