The Abidjan Performing Arts Market: the scene of African music, theater and dance | EUROtoday
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In entrance of the skyscrapers of Abidjan, the music appears like a magnetic rhythm zouglou. Two dancers draw multirhythmic choreographies on stage, the good voices of three ladies accompany the singer and the percussion decides your heartbeat. The spotlights, grilled fish, fried plantains and the reflections of the lights on the Ébrié lagoon, which borders the financial capital of Côte d’Ivoire, full the spectacle. This is likely one of the nights of the 14th version of the Abidjan Performing Arts Market (MASA), a biennial assembly that has introduced collectively greater than 570,000 guests and which this 12 months has damaged data with the presence of 320 programmers from 72 nations; in 2024 there have been 115 out of 40.
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