Afro-club, hit platinum with Hélio Batalha, Nafasi and Wiley

The Ivorian women's duo Nafasi. © Africa Mindset

02/21/2019

The exciting news of Afro-dancefloor releases is punctuated this week by Jennifer Dias, Hélio Batalha, Elida Almeida, Ya Levis, Nafasi, Wiley, Stefflon Don, Sean Paul, Idris Elba and Yvan Buravan.

Jennifer Dias returns to kizomba with Então o que
The Cape Verdean singer Jennifer Dias is back to her first love kizomba after a small dancehall infidelity caliente, the time of a collaboration with her compatriot Elji Beatzkilla on Loco. Rhythm languorous and love in the spotlight on Então é o que in its first version. Indeed, at the end of the video that accompanies this title, we discover a more rhythmic remix and necessarily more suited to clubs in an Afro-house style. Jennifer Dias, very attached to her lusophone roots, was born and raised in the south of France.

H é lio Batalha invites Elida Almeida on Final Feliz
Cape Verde is definitely in the limelight this week with the duo Helio Batalha and the winner of the 2015 RFI Discoveries Prize Elida Almeida on an afro-urban composition. Hélio Batalha comes from a family of 10 brothers and sisters. It was at the age of 9 that he started playing music after his father's death. He began his career after winning a musical contest organized by Praia FM. Then it was the climb, he participated in an international project in 2013, before winning the Cabo Verde Awards in 2016 in the category music and video of the year. In 2017, for his 10-year career, he made a national and international tour. Elida Almeida continues the exploitation of her latest album Kebrada and continues to skim the scenes. She will be at the Sakifo Festival of Reunion from June 7th to 9th.

The phenomenon Ya Levis reveals Dis-him
The artist from Congo, Ya Levis, is back with his new title Dis - him in his niche "love and kizomba". Son of the famous Congolese artist Nico-Nemiala, Ya Levis sings in Lingala and French in a style that is similar to Congolese rumba, tinged with r'n'b and Afrobeat. After the international card of the title Katchua , Ya Levis connects and passes the second with Dis-him . This time, he invests a cottage in the mountains to ask for his beloved in marriage. He encourages her to tell her father that she chose to be with her man. An entire program.

The Nafasi duo denounces the Bla Bla Bla of the speakers
Nafasi, the Ivorian women's duo who keeps on coming up, is back with a message for girls of her generation. Nafasi meaning "luck", are two childhood friends, Afoue and Ozua who share the love for music. Their new title Bla Bla Bla is available since December 14, 2018 in its audio version, and it is only on February 7, 2019 that the clip has finally arrived. It is the result of a collaboration between Universal Music Africa and Africa Mindset. The two singers want to encourage young people not to give up and to work in joy through their music.

Wiley invites Sean Paul, Don Stefflon & Idris Elba on Boasty
Richard Kylea Cowie, born January 19, 1979 in London, is a music producer better known by his stage name, Wiley. He is also one of the most prolific British rappers, active in the particular jungle style, drum & bass, grime and garage. For his title Boasty , he has paid the collaborations of Jamaican Sean Paul, but also the dancehall sensation of the moment Stefflon Don and the actor and DJ, Idris Elba. A "pure club" sound cut for dancefloors. Special recommendation of the week.

In the rest of the news

Yvan Buravan launched his Prix Découvertes tour at the Institut français de Bamako
Full card for the start of the tour of the 2018 laureate of the Prix Découvertes RFI, Yvan Buravan. The French Institute of Mali was sold out for this first concert of a tour of 13 dates. The public of Bamako was able to enjoy the titles of the album The Love Lab played live. Yvan Buravan and his musicians are now on their way to Cotonou, Lomé and Niamey. The program of the tour is available here

The collective Sa C Koi Sa Enkor visiting Paris for a show
The Ivorian influencers were in Paris on February 16th for a show at the Apollo Theater. During their visit to the premises of RFI, Moses Ahouné and Wilfried Nanga gave us an interview in which they returned on their journey, but also the challenges they must meet to express their demands and to live their art. It is thanks to their humorous videos and sketches on the daily life of the young people of Abidjan and the surrounding area that they made themselves known, mixing music and funny and light texts. So naturally they built a live show around their performances. The collective Sa C Koi Enkor Sa is composed of Moses Ahouné, Jennifer Kissi and Wilfried Nanga that you can follow on social networks.

Find the most popular titles in clubs and discotheques of the continent in the playlist of DJ Face Maker on Deezer and on the YouTube channel of RFI Music.

By: Hervé Mandina

Buravan - Jennifer Dias - Helio Batalha - Nafasi - Elida Almeida - Ya Levis - Wiley - Stefflon Don

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