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Vocalist, dancer, and percussionist Dobet Gnahore has been hailed Africa's leading star on the rise, compared to genre legends and cultural ambassadors like Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masakela by her mid-twenties. Brought up in a musical and artistic hot-house environment, Gnahore's musical talent comes as no surprise. Her father, Boni Gnahore, a drummer, vocalist, and performer renown across the Ivory Coast, was a founding member of the artist colony Village Ki-Yi M'Bock, a community of more than 50 artists from multiple disciplines and backgrounds. Her first artistic turning point came when Gnahore was 12 and announced to her father that she wasn't going to school anymore, but rather staying at the colony to learn. After years of apprenticeship with some of the continent's most proficient artists, Gnahore came upon a second turning point. French guitarist Colin Laroche de Feline came to the village, his intended three-day visit turning into a three-year residency. Gnahore's and Laroche d...