Music
Ernesto Djédjé: the Ivorian creator of ziglibithy who died at the peak of his fame
Ernesto Djédjé fused the rhythms of the Bété people with funk and Congolese guitar to create ziglibithy, the…
zouglou
Arts + Culture
Students in Abidjan turned their frustrations into dance music: the story of zouglou
Zouglou was born in the early 1990s among university students in Abidjan, who sang humorous and critical songs…
Arts + Culture
“Premier Gaou” means “first fool”: how four friends from Anoumabo took zouglou to Paris
Magic System, formed in Abidjan in the 1990s by friends from the working-class neighbourhood of Anoumabo, recorded "1er…