Cape Verde: Meet four artists at Atlantic Music Expo 2023
Despite the language barrier, Beny Esguerra ignited Rua Pedonal in Praia. © Guillaume Thibault/RFI
Text by: Guillaume Thibault
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Musical stopover in Praia, the capital of Cape Verde, which lives to the rhythms of world music and party all week. The renowned Kriol Jazz Festival began on April 13, 2023 with the Senegalese Orchestra Baobab on stage. And on that same evening, the Atlantic Music Expo (AME) ended. This important music market brings together professionals and music groups to mount tours. Meetings with four artists who marked this 9th edition of the AME.
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Beny Esguerra, Colombian exiled in Canada sings to defend the rights of communities
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Endowed with a scathing humor, Beny Esguerra poses in his hotel room with his traditional bamboo flute, his gaita, in hand. © Guillaume Thibault/RFI
Kavita Shah, from India to Praia
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Kavita Shah with her guitarist, Cape Verdean Jorge Almeida, before her concert in Praia. © Guillaume Thibault/RFI
The conscious and pan-African rap of Csi Maa'at Ra
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Csi Maa'at Ra, Ivanilson Soares Da Costa in the civil registry, has rage in his stomach, sings to defend the weakest. © Guillaume Thibault/RFI
The poetic and endearing Carlos Lopez
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Like many Cape Verdeans, Carlos Lopez left his country at the age of ten to be reunited with his parents in southern France. Uprooted, it was again poetry that allowed him to find his way. © Guillaume Thibault/RFI
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