The Popular Movement of Coupé-Décalé. Anthropology of an Urban and Coastal Dance

Authors

  • Yaya Koné University of littoral

Keywords:

Africa, Dance, Fashion, Youth, Culture.

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.

Published

2014-12-31

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 1 (2014)

Section

Articles

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