| Music of Côte d'Ivoire: Subjects | ||
|---|---|---|
| Abissa | Gbébé | |
| Dopé | Ziglibithy | |
| Laba laba | Polihet | |
| Ivorian hip hop | Zouglou | |
| Reggae | Folk music | |
| Zoblazo | Coupé-Décalé | |
| Timeline and Samples | ||
| Francophone Africa | ||
| Algeria - Burkina Faso - Burundi - Cameroon - Central African Rep. - Comoros - Congo-Brazzaville - Congo-Kinsasha - Côte d'Ivoire - Djibouti - Madagascar - Mali - Mauritius - Morocco - Rwanda - Senegal - Seychelles - Togo - Tunisia | ||
Abissa is a cultural concept embracing the music, dance, and spiritual life of the Nzema people in the town of Grand-Bassam, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa.[1] The best-known expression of Abissa is a festival celebrated the last week of October. It is a time of forgiveness and rebirth marked by a weeklong celebration.