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Ziglibithy
Ziglibithy is a style of Ivorian popular music that developed in the 1970s. It was the first major genre of music from the Ivory Coast. The first major pioneer of the style was Ernesto Djédjé. ReferencesMusic Web Encyclopedia Ivorian styles of music {{Coted'Ivoire-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Of Cote D'Ivoire
The music of Ivory Coast includes music genres of many ethnic communities, often characterised by vocal polyphony especially among the Baoulé, talking drums especially among the Nzema people and by the characteristic polyrhythms found in rhythm in Sub-Saharan Africa. Popular music genres from Ivory Coast include zouglou and Coupé-Décalé. A few Ivorian artists who have known international success are Magic System, Alpha Blondy, Dobet Gnahoré, Tiken Jah Fakoly, Meiway and Christina Goh. National music Ivory Coast's national anthem is ''L'Abidjanaise''. French is the official language taught and spoken by Ivorians but many Ivorians have their own ethnic tribal language. There are many music genres in Ivory Coast, music from different tribes Couper Decaler, Zouglou, Pop, Arabic musics etc. Ivory Coast have different varieties of music based on the population race living there. Traditional music Ethnic groups of Ivory Coast include Akan 42.1%, Voltaic or Gur speakers 17.6% ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Djédjé
Ernesto Djédjé (1948–1983) was an Côte d'Ivoire, Ivorian musician from Daloa. His parents were Wolof people, Wolof and Bété people, Bété. Djédjé began playing music at fifteen when he became a guitarist with Ivoiro Star, a leading dopé band, in 1962. He moved to Paris in 1968 and became a student. He continued to perform and made his first recording with Anoma Brou Felix in 1970 with the help of Manu Dibango. In 1972, he returned to his homeland to lead the San Pedro Orchestra. He later formed a band called Les Ziglibithiens and pioneered a musical style called Ziglibithy based on a kind of Bété roots music combined with Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese rhythms. Djedje's Ziglibithy is highly syncopated dance music, in which the sinuous guitar lines are punctuated with fat horns. Djedje recorded his first solo album in 1977, calling it ''Ziboté'' with producer Gbadamassi Raïmi. Another album, ''Le Roi du Ziglibithy'', was released on Badmos Records i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
