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Artist Name: Aboutou Roots
Genre: African Pop
Country: Ivory Coast

Artist Bio: 

Aboutou Roots's first album, Protege-toi Vol. 1, came out in 1996. The band plays youssoumba, a style based on layered percussion and vocal harmonies that's related to mapouka and zouglou music and dancing. —Courtesy Calabash Music


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La blessure

Released: 1998

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Protège toi

Label: 30ips

 

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