Ziglibithy
The Ziglibithy is a music genre that originated in the Ivory Coast in the 1970s ; it unites traditional melodies of the ethnic groups in the west of the country.
The Ziglibithy is a modern urban music style that has developed from the traditional rhythms of the Bété people and at the same time a dance direction. It combines traditional melodies of the tribes (especially the Bété) from the west of the country, combined with Congolese rhythms. The name Ziglibithy is derived from the word zigli , which means dance , and bhithy , which means "honey-sweet song that one cannot do without". In terms of sound, the music can be described as a "synthesis of Afropop and Congo rumba ."
Ernesto Djédjé is considered the father and founder of Ziglibithy . After his death, Jean Baptiste Zibodi continued the style.
The Ziglibithy continued to evolve, and in the 1990s it became Zouglou . This is a whole movement - choreographic expression, language, philosophy and music. The Zouglou style draws on elements of other music styles, especially dancehall or zouk . The University of Abidjan is considered the center of development . The style came to France through students, where it quickly became popular, especially in Paris. In 2003 musicians from the Ivory Coast created Coupé Decalé from this in the Paris diaspora , a form of music and dance that quickly became popular in their home country.
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- ↑ Wolfgang Bender: Sweet Mother: Modern African Music Trickster, Munich 1985, p. 80
- ↑ Radioafrica on Djédjé's album Le Roi du Ziglibithy