In the 1980s,
Abidjan's Jess Sah
Bi & Peter One
became one of the
most popular
musical acts in not
just the Ivory Coast
(C te d'Ivoire), but
broader West Africa,
eventually
performing with a
full band to stadiumsized
audiences at
home and
throughout Benin,
Burkina Faso and
Togo. Although
they'd been popular
radio and television
performers for several years prior, the catalyst for Jess and Peter
achieving this new level of stardom was their debut album, Our
Garden Needs Its Flowers, recorded and released in 1985.