Zouglou (/ˈzuːɡluː/ ZOO-gloo, French: [zuɡlu]) is a dance oriented style of music originated from Ivory Coast during the mid-1990s. It started with students...
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Music of Ivory Coast (section Zouglou)
rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa. Popular music genres from Ivory Coast include zouglou and Coupé-Décalé. A few Ivorian artists who have known international success...
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Magic System is an Ivorian zouglou and coupé-décalé music group, formed in 1996 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. When it was created, the group had more than...
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Mapouka entered the music scene in 1991 following the 1990s creation of zouglou music and the importation of foreign music genres such as reggae and hip...
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popular dance music originating in Côte d'Ivoire. Drawing heavily from zouglou and ndombolo with African influences, coupé-décalé is a very percussive...
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"1er Gaou" is a song by Ivorian Zouglou artists Magic System, taken from the album of the same name. The title literally means "First Fool" in urban Abidjan...
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the southwest. Popular music genres from Ivory Coast include zoblazo, zouglou, and Coupé-Décalé. A few Ivorian artists who have known international success...
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and has been fused with many of the country's native styles, such as zouglou. Hip hop became a mainstream part of Ivorian music beginning in about 1998...
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provide a musical 'pipeline' encompassing mainly DJs, Coupé Décalé and Zouglou, and, in lesser amounts, other local and international varieties. Formerly...
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d'Ivoire's traditional Zouglou dance with new elements added. "Zouglou" and "logobi" are used interchangeably, although "zouglou" is more ancient and "logobi"...
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