Groups selected for MASA 2003 Musique (25) Mahotella Queens (Afrique du Sud) ou Africa Mamas Les Frères de Sang (Benin) Macase (Cameroun) Ottou Marcellin (Cameroun) Korongo Jam (Congo Brazzaville) Yela-Wa (Congo Brazzaville) Boni Gnahoré et le Chœur d’Attougblan (Côte d’Ivoire) Ismaël Issac (Côte d’Ivoire) Magic System (Côte d’Ivoire) Abayazid (Djibouti)...

List of selected groups Music (28) –  Tu Nokwe (Afrique du Sud) –  Les frère Kafala (Angola) –  Herminia (Cap Vert) –  Anne-Marie Nzié (Cameroun) –  Donny Elwood (Cameroun) –  Patengue Orchestra (Cameroun) –  Nzamba Lela (Centrafrique) –  Saintrick & les Tchielly (Centrafrique) –  Orchestre traditionnel Mantsieme (Congo) –  Les...

MASA 1999 The fourth edition of the MASA was organized from February 20 to 27, 1999.  48 groups participated to the event: 12 in theater, 8 in dance and 28 in music, for a total of 463 artists. 4 groups didn’t make the trip to Abidjan. The Palais des Congrès...

List of selected groups Music (26) –  Jabu Khanyile and Bayété (Afrique du sud) –  The Elite Swingters (Afrique du sud) –  Vusi Mahlasela (Afrique du sud) – Danialou Sagbohan & Afro Band (Benin) –  Cyrille Effala (Cameroun) –  Kawtal (Cameroun) –  O’Toulbaka (Cameroun) –  Trogode Banda Linda (Centrafrique) – ...

MASA 1997 The 3rd MASA was organized from March 1 to March 8, 1997. Major changes were made during that edition including: Selection opened to non-French speaking African countries; Management of MASA by an executive office based in Abidjan, assisted by a committee of experts Selection of groups by an...

Selected groups Music (19) –  Caravan (Benin) –  Sabunyma de orodara (Burkina Faso) –  Ndai Ndai(Centrafrique) –  Maalesh (Comores) –  Nayanka Bell (Côte d’Ivoire) –  Kassy Serge (Côte d’Ivoire) –  Tangara Speed Ghoda (Côte d’Ivoire) –  Nyamakalas (Guinée) –  Prince Diabate & Amaro Sano (Guinea) –  Kaaloum Star (Guinée) – ...

MASA 1995 The second edition of the Market for African Performing Arts (MASA) was organized from April 28 Avril until May 4, 1995, in Abidjan. 575 professionals including government officials and officials from institutions attended the event which received 38 groups. More than 315 journalists travelled to Abidjan to witness...

Selected groups Music (14) Tohon Stan (Benin) Tambour du Burundi (Burundi) Lapiro de Mbanga (Cameroun) Salim Air et N’gaya (Comores) Meiway (Côte d’Ivoire) Woya (Côte d’Ivoire) Momoh Wandel (Guinée) Orchestre Symphonique de Guinée (Guinée) Jean Emilien (Madagascar) Rossy (Madagascar) Lobi Traoré (Mali) Super Rail Band (Mali) Fifi Rafiatou (Togo) Koffi...

MASA 1993 The first edition of the Market for African Performing Arts (MASA) was held in Abidjan from March 27 until April 1, 1993. More than 400 professionals attended this first ever carried out in Africa. 32 groups including 6 in dance, 16 of Music and 10 in theater coming...

The 13th edition of the Festival sur le Niger was organized from February 1 to 5, 2017 in Segou. The most prestigious festival of Mali was again a success this year with its rich and diverse program. The theme of the edition was “African youth and the challenge of digital...