by Didier Dossou | Artists and Artisans, Music, Music Artists
At age 12, Dobet announced to her father that she wasn’t going to return to school. “I want to stay in the village like you!” she asserted so forcefully that her father knew there was no talking her out of it. However, this was no ordinary... 
by Didier Dossou | Music, Music Genres
Apparu dans les années 1950 en Afrique du Sud pendant la période de l’apartheid, le mot « kwela » viendrait du mot afrikaner signifiant « grimpez » utilisé par la police sud-africaine qui embarquait dans ses fourgons les jeunes ducktails (voyous), jouant du...