Gabon artists dream of taking music born in prison to global stage
The Peninsula
Libreville: In a bar in Gabon s capital Libreville, revellers get up and dance as soon as the DJ plays N Tcham a local rhythmic genre born out of t...
Libreville: In a bar in Gabon's capital Libreville, revellers get up and dance as soon as the DJ plays N'Tcham -- a local rhythmic genre born out of the city's prisons.
Among young Gabonese, N'Tcham has dethroned Nigerian afrobeat and South Africa's amapiano, both of which have made an impact on the global stage.
"In slang, N'Tcham means brawl," said Essone Obiang, of Gabonese music streaming platform GStore Music.
"Basically, it's a dance born in prisons which expresses all the violence that there is in the working-class neighbourhoods. The robberies and assaults," he said.
The genre began with the dance, Obiang said. The music came afterwards, inspired by rap, afrobeat and traditional Central African music.
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