Les Elephants de Ivory Coast surprised me by making it to the World Cup. Senegal has traditionally been strong and having lived there for a while they’ll always have a place in my heart. (Remind me to tell you about the time my friend rejected El Hadji Diouf’s advances at a bar.) The lions of Cameroon and Nigeria are also good teams.. but Ivory Coast? Maybe my African football knowledge is just out of date.

Anyway, Ivory Coast’s WC2006 appearance is a great excuse for some Ivoirian Coupé Décalé on Benn loxo.

I admit to not being the biggest fan of contemporary Ivoirian pop music. Generally speaking the songs are repetitive and all sound the same. Ivoirian pop in particular also tends to be quite heavy on the Casio. That said, put enough lager in me and I love to dance to the stuff. Or rather I love being amidst the beautiful West African coupé décalé dancefloor ladies..

You can get today’s track and more Ivoirian dancefloor madness on the fun Ivoir Compil compilations.

Question: do players from both the north and south of the Ivory Coast play on the team? Do they ever play friendlies in Bouaké or is Team Ivory Coast really just Team Abidjan?

Côte D’Ivoire en force!

ps- yes, that’s a picture of Canada versus Côte D’Ivoire

Alexandre - Faroter gourou