Revealed in Côte d’Ivoire at MASA in 2001, the singer performed at the opening concert . An honor. « It’s also because of MASA that I wanted to be an artist, thanks to all these artists that I knew and dreamed about, » says this percussionist who sings in Bété, Baoulé, Lingala, Bambara or Wolof, languages spoken both in the West African subregion and in Central Africa.

For the artist, the comingback of MASA to Abidjan puts the country back on the African cultural scene. « It’s a proof that consciences are waking up. I still want to be pleasantly surprised by our political authorities« , hopes the one who won a Grammy Award in 2010 with the

American singer India Arie, the on who took over one of her songs, » Palea « .

As a child, Dobet Gnahoré grew up in the Ki-Yi village, an artistic place created by Were Were Liking in 1985 in a large shady house of the Riviera 2 neighborhood of Abidjan. Painters, singers, actors and musicians created on the spot and then showed their work on a stage set up under the mango trees. Trained at this school, Dobet has come a long way. Today, she is one of the internationally best-known Ivorian artists . She accumulates concerts,  performances, workshops and trainings all over the world.