Every week resident FADER selector Eddie STATS runs through dancehall riddims and other artifacts from the ghetto archipelago. This week is dedicated to the explosion of coupe decale—uptempo madness ...

The late Ivorian singer DJ Arafat shook up the country and the region’s music scenes before his recent and tragic death. Journalist Mory Touré seems to be talking about a hard-drug courier when ...

Victim of a motorcycle accident on the night of Sunday 11 to Monday 12 August in Abidjan, the Ivorian artist Ange Didier Huon – alias DJ Arafat – died from his injuries in a clinic in Abidjan, ...

Ivory Coast was going through a rough patch in the autumn of 2002. A failed coup on September 19 prompted civil war, forcing a schism between the country’s rebel-held north and government-controlled ...

For tens of thousands of fans of Ivorian singer DJ Arafat, star of the hugely popular musical style “coupe-decale” who died last month in a motorbike accident, gave him a spectacular send-off at the ...

Nigerian singer Davido (C) leaves after paying his respects to late Ivorian singer DJ Arafat, during his funeral ceremony at the Felix Houphouet-Boigny stadium in Abidjan, Ivory Coast on August 31, ...

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 ...

DJ Arafat, an Ivorian singer with a huge following in francophone Africa, has died after a road accident in Abidjan, the state broadcaster RTI said on Monday. According to messages and pictures ...

Every week resident FADER selector Eddie STATS runs through dancehall riddims and other artifacts from the ghetto archipelago. This week is dedicated to the explosion of coupe decale—uptempo madness ...

Ivory Coast was going through a rough patch in the autumn of 2002. A failed coup on September 19 prompted civil war, forcing a schism between the country’s rebel-held north and government-controlled ...