RFI is a partner of the fourth edition of Dakar Music Expo, an international music fair and festival that has been bringing together artists, professionals, decision-makers, and companies from the music industry in the Senegalese capital for the past three years. The world radio station is offering a series of programs dedicated to the Senegalese scene in "Couleurs Tropicales," two of which are produced in Dakar as part of the festival, as well as coverage of the event in French and African languages in its news programs and on digital platforms.
On the program
:
> "Couleurs Tropicales": Senegal special week from February 6 to 13 at 9:10 p.m. (Paris time) Claudy Siar
devotes five programs to Senegalese music, culture, history, and current events in the presence of cultural figures from the country. The programs on February 10 and 13 are recorded in Dakar as part of the festival.
> In the news programs, permanent special correspondent in Dakar Charlotte Idrac
devotes a special report to the event on Thursday, February 9, for the launch of the festival.
> Valérie Passelègue
is covering the festival in Dakar for "Culture Prime
" and the RFI Musique
website.
> The Mandenkan
and Fulfulde
editorial teams are also covering the Dakar Music Expo, dedicating several issues of the magazine "Alors on dit quoi ?" to it. (Mandenkan: Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. GMT, by Zié Koné
/ Fulfulde: Saturday and Sunday at 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. GMT, by Boly Ba
).
The winners of the RFI Discovery Awards will be honored during the event: Alesh (DRC, 2021 winner) kicks off his African tour* at the Institut français in Dakar on Friday, February 10 at 8:30 p.m., in a concert that also features Black AD (Mali, 2022 winner) as the opening act.
Press release