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Against harassment, he dances!

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Fredy is a young Ivorian traditional-modern dancer.

Pictured is the Goli mask dance, Kondeyaokro in Ivory Coast.

(Illustrative image) © Pauline Maucort

By: Nathalie Amar Follow

He has carved out a great success in Abidjan by posting videos of him dancing to Baoulé music, but at 10, Freddy no longer goes to school.

He suffered for years during the mockery of his comrades on his physique.

Having become the darling of the networks, he is also a harassed child, like others in Côte d'Ivoire, Orphélie Thalmas tells us.

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