(« SECOND SPECIAL REQUEST OF THE « DIASPORA »: »WEST AFRICAN CULTURAL AGENDA »):(« SPOTLIGHT ON THE NEW « COUPE DECALE » MUSICAL TREND(PAN AFRICAN HIP HOP)(ARTICLE FROM « YVES TAPAY BOUAZO » PUBLISHED IN THE « PHOENIX NEWSPAPER »(JUNE 2014)(BRITISH TRINITY MIRROR PRESS GROUP)
-(« THE LEGACY OF THE GREAT « MOSA MARCUS GARVEY » STILL LINGERS DEEPLY IN THE MINDS OF THE PAN AFRICAN YOUTH NOWADAYS »)!
-MEANWHILE,SINCE THE (2000S),A NEW TREND OF AUTHENTIC PAN AFRICAN NEW « HIP HOP » LED BY THE LATE IVORIAN PERFORMER « DOUG SAGA »,THEN LATER BACKED UP BY OTHER IVORIAN PERFORMERS SUCH AS:(« LINO VERSACE », »LE MOLARE », »DJ ARAFAT », »DJ DEBORDEAUX LEKUNFA », »BEBI PHILIP », CLAIRE BAHI », « DENSKI JAG »,HAS INDEED REACHED THE PINNACLE AND TODAY IS STILL TAKING HIGHER GROUND IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA,AS WELL AS IN THE DIASPORA:(FRANCE, ITALY, BELGIUM, HOLLAND, ENGLAND GERMANY, SWEDEN, DENMARK, USA AND MANY MORE.
-MOREOVER,IN WEST AFRICA,THE CORNERSTONE OF THE NEW AUTHENTIC PAN AFRICAN « HIP HOP » CALLED (COUPE DECALE)REMAINS THE FOLLOWING PERFORMERS: »SERGES BEYNAUD », »DJ ARAFAT », « DEBORDEAUX LEKUNFA », « BEBI PHILLIP », « CLAIRE BAHI »(FIRST FEMALE « COUPE DECALE » PERFORMER IN « IVORY COAST », « DENSKI JAG »,(FEMALE « COUPE DECALE » PERFORMER IN (PARIS).THEY ARE STILL MASHING UP THE « COUPE DECALE » ENTERTAINMENT FIELD IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICAN AND WORLDWIDE RIGHT NOW!
-CULTURALLY SPEAKING THE COUPE DECALE PAN AFRICAN HIP HOP CAN BE LABELLED AS A COMING BACK TO THE AUTHENTIC PAN AFRICAN MUSICAL ROOTS,BACKED BY A CREATIVE POWER TO BRING AN INPUT AND AN INNOVATIVE MUSICAL APPROACH.AS A RESULT,THE NEW PAN AFRICAN YOUTH TURNED TO THEIR ROOTS TO UNRAVELLING THE CULTURAL COMPLEX OF COLONIAL ALIENATION THEY WRE BORN IN,THROUGH THE SUPPRESSION OF A SLICE OF THEIR ANCESTRAL CULTURE AND IDENTITY!
-IN RETURN,THEY USED THE « COUPE DECALE » CULTURAL WEAPON,BECAUSE IT WAS THE MOST POTENT SYMBOL AND IDENTITY OF RESISTANCE AGAINST THE POST-INDEPENDENCE COLONIAL POWERS IN « ABIDJAN »,ECONOMIC CAPITAL CITY OF THE(IVORY COAST), LABELLED EVER SINCE AS ONE OF THE MOST SOPHISTICATED AFRICAN METROPOLISES!AT THEIR GIGS IN (2003-2004),THEY USED TO GO WILD AT THE SOUNDS OF « COUPE DECALE »,THE VERY BEGINNING OF A PAN AFRICAN SUCCESS STORY OF « COUPE DECALE » IN THE WHOLE OF AFRICA.
-ALONG WITH THEIR OWN ORIGINAL MATERIAL AND LOCAL DIALECT MIXED UP WITH FRENCH,THEY WERE BEGINNING TO CREATE THE « COUPE DECALE » CONCEPT GRADUALLY.
-DOWN THE LINE,WHEN « SERGES BEYNAUD » , « DJ ARAFAT », « CLAIRE BAHI », « BEBI PHILLIP », »LE MOLARE » , »LINO VERSACE », « DENSKY JAG » MATURED,THEIR MUSICAL EXPERIENCES OF « COUPE DECALE » BROADENED BY TOURS TO EUROPE AND USA.IN CONSEQUENCE,THEIR PERSPECTIVE BECAME MORE GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL SINCE (2010)!
-DEFINITELY,THE « COUPE DECALE » MUSICAL TREND REMAINS WITHOUT DOUBT TO SOME EXTENT A FOLLOW-UP OF THE LATE « MOSA MARCUS GARVEY’S FAMOUS OBSERVATION THAT: »A PEOPLE WITHOUT A CULTURE ARE A PEOPLE WITHOUT A FUTURE »!
-TODAY IN THE WHOLE OF THE NEW AFRICA,THE NEW AUTHENTIC PAN AFRICAN HIP HOP « COUPE DECALE » FLAG HAS BECOME AN ANTHEM FOR THE AFRICAN YOUTH,CULTYURALLY SPEAKING AND FOR THOSE LIVING IN THE DIASPORA.THAT’S TO SAY: »OUR PAN AFRICAN HERITAGE AND IDENTITY,WE DONT WANT TO LOSE ANY MORE!
(A RELEVANT ARTICLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTED POLYGLOT FREELANCE REPORTER-(YVES TAPAY BOUAZO) IN THE BRITISH MONTHLY NESWSPAPER- « THE PHOENIX NEWSPAOPER »-(JUNE 2014)