Music of Ivory Coast

Edit links
Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Wood carving of drummers, Baoule

The music of Ivory Coast includes music genres of many ethnic communities, often characterised by vocal polyphony especially among the Baoulé, talking drums especially among the Nzema people and by the characteristic polyrhythms found in rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Popular music genres from Ivory Coast include

Coupé-Décalé. A few Ivorian artists who have known international success are Magic System, Alpha Blondy, Dobet Gnahoré, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Meiway and Christina Goh
.

National music

Ivory Coast's national anthem is L'Abidjanaise. French is the official language taught and spoken by Ivorians but many Ivorians have their own ethnic tribal language.

There are many music genres in Ivory Coast, music from different tribes Couper Decaler, Zouglou, Pop, Arabic musics etc. Ivory Coast have different varieties of music based on the population race living there.

Traditional music

Ethnic groups of Ivory Coast

Ethnic groups of

Dyula
acts as a trade language and is commonly spoken by Muslims.

Each of the

African music). Talking drums are common among the Nzema people, who are also known for their abissa purification dance, part of the popular N'Guess Bon Sens, Savane Alla, Kolouba Nobert, Religious music of Emi Tiapo dance music of Meiway
.

Popular music

Gnoantre-Ziboté, which was a Pan-African hit, and found some success in France and Canada. He plays a type of music called ziglibithy
.

Since Djédjé, few Ivorian musicians have been able to achieve the same level of fame.

Gnaore Djimi's polihet[what language is this?
].

Ivorian artists in World styles

The most popular styles in Ivory Coast are imported reggae from Jamaica, hip hop from the United States, Ndombolo from Congo, Zouk from the Caribbean and Couper Decaler; the country has produced notable musicians of both genres, especially Alpha Blondy who produces reggae. Tiken Jah Fakoly is another popular Ivorian reggae musician, who has been living in exile due to his politically outspoken lyrics. Perhaps uniquely in Africa reggae is the most popular music genre in Abidjan.[1]

Hip Hop

Hip hop has been popular in Ivory Coast since the mid-1990s, and includes a

Tour de Garde. The victory of Ivorian hip hop group Kiff No Beat at the biggest hip-hop competition in Ivory Coast called Faya Flow in 2009 increased the profile of the genre there.[citation needed
]

Jazz

Luc Sigui (born 7 April 1968 in Abidjan), is a smooth jazz guitarist & singer, Luc Sigui released first album "Jemima", 2008. From 2000 to 2004 he attended to famous guitarist course like, Eric Boell, Fred Sokolow, Denis Roux, to perform his jazz. In 2000 he was called by a famous African band of Pop Music called "Woody" to be the guitarist. In 1996, he formed with some others Ivorian Christians Musicians and singers a gospel team called Resurrection; and release 3 albums of Gospel Music. In 1991 he won the award of young budding musician of Côte d’Ivoire.Luc Sigui released with Universal, in 2008 a jazz album, called "Jemima" an album that ranks among the albums benchmarked for smooth jazz.

Luc Sigui Concert

Zoblazo

Hi-life musics.[2]

Zouglou

Didier Bilé. Zouglou was satirical in nature, and usually accompanied by a dance to a fictional god. The most popular artists of Zouglou are Petit Yodé & l'enfant Siro, Magic System
, Petit Denis and Espoir 2000. Many popular Ivorian zouglou artists are now living in exile due to their political support to the former president Laurent Gbagbo.

Coupé-Décalé

Coupé-Décalé
was pioneered by the late Stephane Doukouré (a.k.. "Douk-Saga") during the post-2002 militaro-political crisis in Ivory Coast. It reflects the aspirations of a large section of Ivorian youth. Coupé-Décalé is a very percussive style featuring African samples, Congo beats, deep bass, and repetitive, minimalist arrangements. Lyrically, Coupé-Décalé is about happiness, expressing daily life in Ivorian society, and also gives an insight into the political situation of the country. The prominent artists of Coupé-Décalé are Arafat DJ (Yôrôbô) with its concepts coming out every time that his is asked for. His music is for the youth. And many other talented Ivorian artists. The most prominent singer in actuality is named DJ Mix 1er with its croubata[
Bébi Philip, Safarel, Serge Beynaud, Débordo Leekunfa, and Doliziana Débordo
are recurrent.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ivory Coast's reggae wars recede Archived 30 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine, 15 October 2007.
  2. ^ *RFI Musique: Meiway Biography Archived 7 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine, January 2007.

External links

Ivorian Hip Hop

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Music_of_Ivory_Coast&oldid=1220205723"