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[Commenting as an HN member born and raised in Côte d'Ivoire] Quite cool to see this topic trending! Some additional context: Two popular music genres that pop

by mhkane 3y ago

[Commenting as an HN member born and raised in Côte d'Ivoire] Quite cool to see this topic trending! Some additional context: Two popular music genres that popularized nouchi in Côte d'Ivoire and then France are "Zouglou" (1990s) and "Coupé-Décalé" (2000-2010s). Both are past their primes but it's interesting to watch now the diffusion process into the French culture. In 2019, a few nouchi words were added to the Larousse dictionary: https://www.france24.com/fr/20190601cote-ivoire-nouchi-argot-langue-dictionnaire-larousse-fierte-ivoiriens-boucantier-enjailler https://www.france24.com/fr/20190601cote-ivoire-nouchi-argot...

fauxreb 3y ago
Exactly, I learned French working in Cote d'Ivoire/Mali and from listening to west African music like Magic System etc. The Parisians cannot stand my (now terrible) French and it's great fun to tease them with it.
baby 3y ago
You can’t write that without dropping some youtube links
- mhkane 3y ago
  Fair enough, here are a few links: - Les Parents Du Campus: Gboglo Koffi (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOOo7GmMT0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOOo7GmMT0U - Espoir 2000: Abidjan Farot (2006) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVpabquZFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVpabquZFA - Molare: le boucan (2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4bDNll6L0g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4bDNll6L0g Boucantier is one of the words that was introduced in the Larousse dictionary in 2019 One of the key artists of the movement passed away in 2019 and I also wrote about the significance of these songs from an "urban youth" perspective: https://medium.com/mitafricans/farewell-to-dj-arafat-reflections-on-what-it-means-to-be-a-chinese-9b47e9e8ae0b https://medium.com/mitafricans/farewell-to-dj-arafat-reflect...
  - foooobaba 3y ago
    RIP DJ Arafat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Arafat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Arafat

by mhkane 3y ago

fauxreb 3y ago

Exactly, I learned French working in Cote d'Ivoire/Mali and from listening to west African music like Magic System etc. The Parisians cannot stand my (now terrible) French and it's great fun to tease them with it.

baby 3y ago

You can’t write that without dropping some youtube links

mhkane 3y ago
Fair enough, here are a few links: - Les Parents Du Campus: Gboglo Koffi (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOOo7GmMT0U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOOo7GmMT0U - Espoir 2000: Abidjan Farot (2006) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVpabquZFA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVpabquZFA - Molare: le boucan (2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4bDNll6L0g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4bDNll6L0g Boucantier is one of the words that was introduced in the Larousse dictionary in 2019 One of the key artists of the movement passed away in 2019 and I also wrote about the significance of these songs from an "urban youth" perspective: https://medium.com/mitafricans/farewell-to-dj-arafat-reflections-on-what-it-means-to-be-a-chinese-9b47e9e8ae0b https://medium.com/mitafricans/farewell-to-dj-arafat-reflect...
- foooobaba 3y ago
  RIP DJ Arafat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Arafat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Arafat