Ghana-based Benjamin Lebrave speaks fluent French and English, and can schmooze in Spanish and Portuguese. He’ll report on new African music every other week. This week, he wrote about coupé décalé ...

DJ Arafat, an Ivorian singer with a huge following in francophone Africa, has died after a road accident in Abidjan, evoking a wave of tributes to the award-winning star of the “coupe-decale” dance ...

FRENCH African music star, DJ Arafat tragically died last weekend. The Ivorian musician was in the city of Abdijan on the southern Atlantic coast of Côte d'Ivoire when he passed away. Here's what we ...

DJ Arafat was known as the king of the dance music genre coupé-décalé Ivory Coast's DJ Arafat, a well-known singer in French-speaking Africa, has died following a traffic accident, state broadcaster ...

DJ Arafat, an Ivorian singer with a huge following in francophone Africa, has died after a road accident in Abidjan, evoking a wave of tributes to the award-winning star of the "coupe-decale" dance ...

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