ABOUTOU ROOTS (ABOUTOU ROOTS)

  • ABOUTOU ROOTS (ABOUTOU ROOTS)
Singer, Song writer/composer
Principal country concerned : Column : Music

Is in 1986 when the group is born to Lauzoa in the region by Grand Lahou in the South of Côte d'Ivoire. The music style of this group is "Youssoumba", a style stemming from popular songs and the other animations of village of the lagunaires peoples. Originally, it is practised with a drum, a bottle and in harmonized voices which take back in choir the partitions of the vocal lead. But also indeed her,its traditional versions that modernized, "Youssoumba" is a very livened up and dance(very led and dance) kind(genre). His(her,its) sound connotation typically lagunaire and its ambiancés rhythms have it make makes a very dance and popular kind(genre) in Ivory Coast.

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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