Ivory Coast's Biama boom: TikTok trend gets the nation's youth dancing

Ivory Coast's Biama boom: TikTok trend gets the nation's youth dancing

Born barely five years ago in Yopougon – the poorest, but also the liveliest area of Ivory Coast's economic capital Abidjan – Biama has got the whole of Ivorian youth dancing. Faster than coupé-décalé, this newer musical and choreographic genre borrows many of its codes. But unlike its older sibling...

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