Mapouka, Ivory Coast’s gift to world’s music
BY PAUL YAO Mapouka is a dance of Ivorian origin that is executed by women shaking their rear-end fast to the tune of a brisk, lively beat. The dance has … Read More
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Meiway, the musical genius of Cote d’Ivoire
By Michaela Bewa On March 17, 1962 in Cote d’Ivoire’s coastal city of Grand-Bassam, West Africa, a boy was born in the Ehui family. His parents named him Frederick Desire. …