« Faire le pont entre la rue et le pouvoir » ou le difficile équilibre de l’engagement des artistes de zouglou en Côte d’Ivoire
Since the early 1990s, zouglou music artists have experienced social movements and political crises in Côte d’Ivoire by staking a claim to being “the bridge between the street and power”. However, the ambiguity of their commitment is called into question by the fact that some of them openly supporte...
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2025
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| Online dostop: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Izvleček: | Since the early 1990s, zouglou music artists have experienced social movements and political crises in Côte d’Ivoire by staking a claim to being “the bridge between the street and power”. However, the ambiguity of their commitment is called into question by the fact that some of them openly supported the regime in power during the Ivorian crisis of 2002-2007, while others refused to speak out against the excesses of Ouattara’s regime in recent years. By analysing the successive configurations of the relationship between the music industry, the political caste and the social context from the 1990s to the present day, this article attempts to understand how artistic commitment is arranged, and shows that it broadly correlates with the conditions of production and distribution. |
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