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Global Journal of Anthropology Research (Volume 1 Issue 1) |
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| The popular movement of Coupé-Décalé. Anthropology of an urban and coastal dance |  |
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Pages 20-24 Yaya Koné |
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| Abstract | |
| This article deals with the development of the popular cultures among the urban societies of the Gulf of Guinea. In the early 2000s, various Ivory Coast movements know an important success among the African youth. In all French-speaking Africa people dance on Coupé-Décalé. It’s a fashionable movement inspired by daily life in war time. Coupé-Décalé is a funny approach of dance. We note more than 120 gestures, some skills consist of an imitation of football or traditional dance of the ancestors; the different ways of dancing are named Drogba, Dribble, Goal, Zidane, Bird Flu… Every year an artist invents a new dance. | |
| Keywords | |
| Africa, Dance, Fashion, Youth, Culture. | |
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