[mhkane]

[Commenting as an HN member born and raised in Côte d'Ivoire] Quite cool to see this topic trending! Some additional context:

Two popular music genres that popularized nouchi in Côte d'Ivoire and then France are "Zouglou" (1990s) and "Coupé-Décalé" (2000-2010s). Both are past their primes but it's interesting to watch now the diffusion process into the French culture. In 2019, a few nouchi words were added to the Larousse dictionary: https://www.france24.com/fr/20190601cote-ivoire-nouchi-argot...

[fauxreb]

Exactly, I learned French working in Cote d'Ivoire/Mali and from listening to west African music like Magic System etc.

The Parisians cannot stand my (now terrible) French and it's great fun to tease them with it.

[baby]

You can’t write that without dropping some youtube links

[mhkane]

Fair enough, here are a few links:

- Les Parents Du Campus: Gboglo Koffi (1993): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOOo7GmMT0U

- Espoir 2000: Abidjan Farot (2006) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVpabquZFA

- Molare: le boucan (2008): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4bDNll6L0g

Boucantier is one of the words that was introduced in the Larousse dictionary in 2019

One of the key artists of the movement passed away in 2019 and I also wrote about the significance of these songs from an "urban youth" perspective: https://medium.com/mitafricans/farewell-to-dj-arafat-reflect...

[foooobaba]

RIP DJ Arafat https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Arafat