Zouglou

Zouglou ( Baule: crammed or waste ) is in the mid-1990s embossed in Ivory Coast style of music that draws on elements of other styles of music, especially dancehall and zouk. As the center of origin applies the University of Abidjan. In 1994, the musician Didier Bilé and his band Les Parents campus you wrote the first zouglou pieces. By students of the style comes to France, where he is mainly in the capital Paris quickly became popular. 1999 came the band Magic System Premier Gaou with her song in the French charts.

The lyrics are written in various African languages or French vernacular.

Known representatives are next to Magic System et al Sur- Choc, Meiway or Awa Maiga.