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Ivorian comedian and humorist Maréchal Zongo gave his point of view on music in Côte d'Ivoire. It was at the launch of the 9th edition of the festival of laughter.
Marshal Zongo ,, although musician did not swallow his saliva to criticize the musical scene of the country. The artist estimated that "Ivory Coast, we dance too much" while admitting that "it's not bad if we dance to de-stress". However, the famous Ivorian humorist is formal "With noise" we can not build a country, but we destroy it instead. "Ivorian music is being defined internationally as a music of amusement" he saddened himself. Then add: "We, our concern, is to say that as an artist, we have an obligation to build, raise awareness and repair mentalities" .
Marshal Zongo has identified a flaw that he believes could be the cause of this failure. "It is because there are fewer theaters in Côte d'Ivoire than there are many maquis" he lamented.
He thus made a Advocate with the competent authorities to set up a criterion for the distribution of music. "The authorities need to put in place criteria for the distribution of music. Ivory Coast is the only country where there is no grand prize for the arts. If each year we award prizes to the best artists, it will push people to work. But, there is no price. So we dance and dance, while a country is not built only in dance " he decried.
Philomene Yai (Stg)
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