CultureIvory Coast’s Biama boom: TikTok trend gets the nation’s youth dancing

Biama, a musical and choreographic genre born less than five years ago in Yopougon, has spread across Ivory Coast and drawn young people into its dances. Yopougon is described as both the poorest and liveliest area of Abidjan, the country’s economic capital. The style borrows several elements from coupé-décalé but moves beyond its older counterpart’s nightclub associations. Street performances and social-media circulation have made Biama more accessible to its young working-class audience.

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