In person(s)

Relocation to Abidjan for the opening of MASA

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Amadou Bouna Guazong, Dji Eka and Patrick Hervé Yapi in De Vive(s) Voix live from MASA in Abidjan.

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By: Pascal Paradou

1 min

Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the twelfth edition of the Arts and Entertainment Market (MASA) live from the Palace of Culture in Abdijan where De Vive(s) Voix is ​​recording this first broadcast.

Patrick Hervé Yapi, General Manager of MASA, comedian Amadou Bouna Guazong and singer and musician Dji Eka are our guests at the opening of the festivities. 

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The MASA is the festival of African living arts (theater, dance, music, storytelling, puppets) created in 1993 and organized every two years in Abidjan.  

Patrick Hervé YAPI,

its director, goes over the criteria for selecting talent, and the main function of a festival like this: not to leave artists in autarky.   

Amadoua Bouna

, Cameroonian comedian-comedian on tour in Abidjan with his show "

", for whom MASA represents "the Holy Trinity of theatre" insists on the role of humor as the barometer of mental and spiritual state of society.

Dji Eka,

where "the body that announces the rainbow" in silly, sings of love in all languages.

Her trademark remains percussion, from which she created her association

.

Hassane Kassi Kouyaté

, director of Francophonies in Limousin in Limoges, the epicenter of world French-speaking theatrical creation, discusses the importance of these meetings. 

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