French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura - "Djadja" (video, English translation, & article excerpts)

Aya Nakamura , April 6, 2018
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Edited by Azizi Powell
This pancocojams post provides information about French-Malian singer Aya Nakumura's 2018 mega hit song "Djadja".    

This post also includes information about the song "Djadja" as well as the English translation of this song. A link to the song's French/French slang/French Creole lyrics is included in this post along with online explanations of these lyrics.

Excerpts from two articles and one blog post that explain the lyrics to Aya Nakamura's song "Djadja" are also included in this post.

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Aya Nakamura for her music. Thanks also to all those who are associated with this YouTube video and thaks to all those who are quoted in this post. 
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Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2021/06/youtube-video-and-article-excerpts.html for a pancocojams post about The Ivory Coast (West Africa)'s Nouchi language. Some of the words that Aya Nakamura sings in her songs are from Nouchi.

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INFORMATION ABOUT AYA NAKAMURA

Excerpt #1:
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aya_Nakamura
"Aya Coco Danioko... born 10 May 1995), known by her stage name Aya Nakamura...is a French-Malian pop singer.[2] She is best known for her hit song "Djadja" that has more than 700 million views on YouTube.[3]

She was born in Bamako and immigrated to France with her family, growing up in Aulnay-sous-Bois.[4] Coming from a family of griots (West African storytellers, praise singers / poets of oral tradition), she is the oldest of five siblings. She studied fashion at La Courneuve. She later launched into music with the stage name Aya Nakamura, after the character Hiro Nakamura of the NBC Heroes science fiction drama series.[2]

[...]

On 25 August 2017, she released her debut album Journal Intime, led by her first Platinum hit, "Comportement".

The album was certified Platinum in France. On 23 September 2017, she participated to La Nuit du Mali in Bercy organized by the Wati-Boss, Dawala in order to celebrate the Independence Day of Mali in Paris. She shared the stage with Oumou Sangaré and other Malian artists such as Cheick Tidiane Seck, Lassana Hawa or Mokobé among others.[5]

2018–2020: Nakamura

On 6 April 2018, Aya Nakamura released "Djadja"—the first single from her second album—which stayed two consecutive weeks at number one on the French chart, and was later certified Diamond.[6]

The song quickly became a summer hit in France and soon became an international hit. She became the first French female artist to reach number one in the Netherlands since Edith Piaf with "Non je ne regrette rien" in 1961.[7]

"Djadja" was also the first Francophone song since 2009 to reach the top of the Dutch charts, the last one being "Alors on danse" from Belgian artist Stromaé.[8]

"Djadja" then conquered charts and radios all over Europe (Germany, Sweden, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland...)[9][10][11][12][13][14]"...

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Excerpt #2
From https://www.thefader.com/2018/11/13/aya-nakamura-is-flipping-frances-rigid-rules-beautifully
Aya Nakamura is flipping France’s rigid rules, beautifully
Get to know the French-Malian singer.
By Christelle Oyiri
"In the last weeks of October in Paris, where the sun's reigned supreme on the notoriously grey metropolis, you can still hear an airy dancehall ballad blasting from cars. Truth be told, French-Malian musician Aya Nakamura's “Djadja” undeniably possesses power to place France closer to the sunlight. The song itself is bittersweet, with soft and romantic melodies as Nakamura recounts how a friend falsely told people he had sex with her. The song's turned into a no-nonsense anthem for female empowerment, as its heady chorus was impossible to avoid over the summer.

[…]

Aya Dianoko was born in Bamako but grew up in Aulnay-sous-Bois, one of the many satellite cities at the outskirts of Paris — “La banlieue” up north, in Seine-Saint-Denis, disdained by some as the breeding ground for crime. At home, music soothed everything; her sisters sing and her mother is a well-known griotte, a member of a class of traveling poets, musicians, and storytellers who maintain a tradition of oral history in parts of West Africa...." “My sound is made to whine up, and feel your body,” she laughs. … the reggaeton/dembow-flavored "Pookie", NAKAMURA celebrates diasporic sounds through the feel of R&B, adding a cohesiveness to her artistry directly informed by her experience growing up in one of the most cosmopolitan parts of Europe.

Aya’s trajectory is the example of how life sometimes works as a reverse prophecy: you may attract what you fear. Now she stands on the very stage that she used to avoid, all the spotlights pointed at her hood-edged Caribbean sound and R&B vocals. She’s comfortable with her roots and who she is: “I sing exactly I would talk with my friends — I’m not going to change who I am to fit in," she explains regarding singing in her own lingo and bending France's rigid language to her liking, making it flow flawlessly.

One could perceive Aya’s success as uncanny. Despite being the blackest country in Europe, France has seen very few black women break out in the music industry on a mainstream level these past fifteen years.

[…]

As explained by researcher and author Karima Ramdani in her 2011 essay “When femininity rhymes with freedom : representations of the Black and Maghrebian Female Body in Rap & R&B music”, the mainstream R&B female singers in France over the past two decades have mostly been maghrebian women. Kenza Farah, Mélissa M, Sheryfa Luna, Amel Bent, Sarah Riani, and Wallen have been marketed as “fighters” and avatars of fragile femininity — a scheme feeding into respectability politics at the expense of these singers' images. Meanwhile, black women's narratives have been lacking from R&B as well as French music altogether, leaving a void until Aya's ascent. “What is R&B, even?” she asks rhetorically. “My voice is R&B, but I wouldn’t consider myself an R&B artist.” “I’m in my zone,” she sings on “Dans ma bulle,” the penultimate song on NAKAMURA — and her zone is no longer local or national. The world is now her playground."

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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT AYA NAKAMURA'S SONG 'DJADJA"
Excerpt #1: From https://www.theinternationalconnect.net/the-true-meaning-behind-aya-nakamuras-song-djadja/ 
The true meaning behind Aya nakamura’s song Djadja; Posted by Bored Kid 
"Aya Nakamura finally opened up about the meaning behind “Djadja”.

The speculation was around the meaning of the line “en catchana baby tu dead ça”.

The whole world sang along to the track, but no one had the slightest idea of what “en catchana” meant. 😂😂

Everyone had their own interpretation.

Aya was invited on numerous TV shows where she finally gave a clear explanation to the lyrics.

Turns out “catchana” is the name of a sexual position, also known as “la levrette” (doggy style). “Tu dead ça” means you’re killing it, as in you’re doing it good.

And “djadja” is just the guy’s name.

She explained that Djadja is basically a liar, going around spreading lies that he had sex with her behind her back.

She’s making fun of him in the chorus, because he’s acting like he’s so good “en catchana”, whereas he never touched her.

It’s also worth mentioning that the single was #1 in Holland, a record that hasn’t been broken since Edith Piaf."...

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Excerpt #2
From https://www.ohlalafrenchcourse.com/blog/article/explanation-of-the-song-djajda-by-aya-nakamura "Explanation of the song Djajda by Aya Nakamura" by Manon
..."Today we're meeting for a listening comprehension video on the most famous song of Aya Nakamura who is the most listened to French singer on Spotify in the world.

I'm sure you've probably already listened to one of her songs and surely you didn't understand everything. To be honest, for some French speakers the lyrics are not easy to understand because there is a lot of French and non-French slang so for you who are learning French I can't even imagine.

So I thought of you and I thought I would help you understand the song Djadja by Aya Nakamura.

Here we go!

J'entends des bails atroces sur moi  

In common parlance, we talk about "bails" to designate things, things without really naming them. In fact, she says she hears terrible things about her.

Mais ça va pas mais t'es taré ouais

Here there is a lot of oral language and language tics and for the word "taré" which may be unknown to you, it is a familiar way of referring to someone who is crazy.

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Oh Djadja y'a pas moyen ah Djadja

Djadja : According to the singer: It's a guy, a man who will tell lies about a girl. A djadja is a liar.

Y a pas moyen : is an expression to say: it is not possible. In English, it sounds like: No way.

J'suis pas ta catin ah Djadja

So, une catin is a very vulgar word that designates a woman who offers her body to men in exchange for money. I'm trying to explain this in a correct way. She actually means that she is not submissive, that she is not at the disposal of this man.

Genre en catchana baby tu dead ça 

In catchana, basically nobody really understood what it was until the singer herself explained what it meant. I'll let you watch her explanation.

J'suis pas ta daronne j'te fais pas la moral

Here, the words "daronne" and "daron" are a familiar way of calling one's parents.

So, a daronne is a mother.

And a daron is a daddy.

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Le jour où on se croise, faut pas tchouffer

So, the term "tchouffer". Even I didn't know what it meant and I had to do a little research to find the definition of this word. Tchouffer is a nouchi term which is a form of slang found in Ivory Coast. Tchouffer means to miss everything, to spoil everything. So, the day we meet, don't ruin everything, behave yourself.

I hope you liked this video and that everything will be clearer when you listen to the song Djadja by Aka Nakamura."

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LYRICS - DJADJA (English translation)
(composers: Aya Nakamura, Le Side)

Intro :

Aya Nakamura oh yeah ..

1st verse :
Hello papi, qué pasa ?
I’m hearing atrocious things about me behind my back
Apparently I’m chasing you ?
What’s wrong with you, you must be crazy, yeah
What do you mean ? the world is little
What did you expect, that we wouldn’t meet again ?
I could put you on blast if I wanted to, but that’s not the way I am
According to the rumors, you had me in your bed

Chorus :
Oh Djadja
There’s no way Djadja
I’m not your whore Djadja,
As if you ever had sex with me
Oh Djadja
There’s no way Djadja
I’m not your whore Djadja,
As if you ever had sex with me

2nd verse :
You’re thinking about me, I’m thinking about making money
I’m not your mother, I won’t lecture you
You’re talking behind my back, it’s not a problem
Spit some more, it’s not a problem
You wanted me, you didn’t know how to manage
You were playing a role, you’ll end up in hell
“I smashed Nakamura anyways”
The day that we meet, you better not choke
You were acting like a big brother just to have sex with me
You’re looking for trouble
Damn, you’re trippin
That’s not the way to act
Damn, you’re trippin
That’s not the way to act
Damn, you’re trippin
That’s not the way to act

Chorus 2X :
Oh Djadja
There’s no way Djadja
I’m not your whore Djadja,
As if you ever had sex with me
Oh Djadja
There’s no way Djadja
I’m not your whore Djadja,
As if you ever had sex with me

Outro :
Oh Djadja
There’s no way Djadja
I’m not your whore Djadja,
As if you ever had me doggy style
Oh Djadja
There’s no way Djadja
I’m not your whore Djadja,
As if you ever had sex with me
As if you ever had sex with me
As if you ever had sex with me
As if you ever had sex with me
As if you ever had sex with me

Oh Djadja Oh Djadja Oh Djadja 

Source: https://www.theinternationalconnect.net/aya-nakamura-djadja-english-lyrics/

Click https://genius.com/Aya-nakamura-djadja-lyrics for the original lyrics for this song. 

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Magic System (Cote D'Ivoire Band) - "Premier Gaou ("1er Gaou") Video & Lyrics

Edited by Azizi Powell

Revised March 4, 2018

This is Part I of a two part pancocojams series on the song "1er Gaou" (also known as Premier Gaou") by Cote d Ivorian group Magic System.

Part I presents provides information about the song "Premier Gao" ("1er Gaou") and showcases a video of that song. The Nouchi lyrics for "ier Gaou"' are included in this post along with their English translation.

The Addendum to this post provides information about the Ivorian Creole language "Nouchi", the language that is used for this song. This post also

Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2017/03/magic-system-ivory-coast-band-premier.html for Part II presents the same video of "1er Gaou" that was showcased in Part I and presents selected comments from that video's YouTube discussion thread.

The content of this post is presented for socio-cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Magic Systems for their musical legacy. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: Magic System - Premiere Gaou



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INFORMATION ABOUT THE SONG "1er GAOU" (PREMIER GAOU")
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1er_Gaou
" "1er Gaou" is a song by Ivorian Zouglou artists Magic System, taken from the album of the same name. The title literally means "First Fool" in Ivorian slang. The song contains an autobiographical account of lead singer Salif "A'Salfo" Traoré about his ex-girlfriend who tried to hook up with him again when he became famous. Originally recorded in 1999, it became smash indie hit in France three years later. The song meant the breakthrough of little-known Magic System.

Background

"1er Gaou" is based on autobiographical experiences of lead singer Salif "A'Salfo" Traoré. When he was an aspiring, poor artist, his girlfriend left him, but when he became a celebrity with Magic System, she tried to win him back, but Traoré turned her down.[1] The song was first released in 1999 in their native Abidjan and was at first a hit in Côte d'Ivoire and other African countries only. But when it was remixed in 2002 and released in France for Mélina Forthin, Magic System's song became a major indie hit.

Lyrics
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The lyrics feature a colorful patois of French-Ivorian slang. This is especially evident in the refrain of "Et on dit premier gaou n'est pas gaou oh / C'est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah" ("They say that the first fool is not a fool / It is the second fool who is a fool"), which expresses that his first folly (her leaving him) is not really a folly at all, only accepting her back would be.

Chart performances

The single topped at number four on the French charts and remained in the top 100 for 28 weeks, ten of them in the top ten[2] and sold as many as 300,000 copies in France. …
The single was also a top ten hit in Belgium (Wallonia), peaked at number ten in it ninth week, and appeared in the top 40 for 15 weeks.[4] In Switzerland, the single had a moderate success, peaking at number 30 and staying in the top 100 for nine weeks.[5]"...
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This Wikipedia page doesn't note that Magic System's song "1er Goaou" has been and still is very popular throughout Africa, and throughout the French speaking Caribbean, and other parts of the world, especially where [20th century and 21st century] African immigrants live. That popularity is documented by commenters in the YouTube discussion threads of that song. Selected examples of those comments are highlighted in Part II of this pancocojams series.

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LYRICS - 1er GAOU*
(Magic System)

C'est dans ma galère que la go
Antou m'a quitté oh ah
{x4}

Quand j'avais un peu
Matin midi soir
On été ensemble
A la rue Princesse
Aux mille maquis
Santos payait les poulets
L'argent est fini
Antou a changé de côté
Wari ban nan
Elle a changé de copain

Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan

Dieu merci pour moi je savais chanter un peu
J'ai fait ma cassette oh on me voit à la télé
Matin midi soir c'est moi je chante à la radio
Antou a vu çà elle dit le gaou a percé
Attends je vais partir le couper

{Refrain:}
Et on dit premier gaou n'est pas gaou oh
C'est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah
Et on dit premier gaou n'est pas gaou oh
C'est deuxième gaou qui est niata oh ah

Dimanche matin koko on frappe à ma porte
A ma grande surprise c'est la go Antou je vois
On s embrasse j'ai dit y'a longtemps qu'on c'est plus revu
Elle veut me mentir Elle dit chéri j'avais voyagé
Je suis de retour
Je t'appartiens
Prends-moi cadeau, fais ce que tu veux

{au Refrain}

J'ai dit chéri koko qu'est ce que tu veux manger
Sans même hésiter Elle me dit poulet braisé

J'ai dit chéri koko c'est poulet tu veux manger
Poulet est trop petit çà peut pas te rassasier
C'est caïman braisé, je vais te donner
Kedjenou d'éléphant, tu vas manger

Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan

Elle est fâché Elle dit elle s'en va à la maison
Si elle va à la maison population va me tuer
Je lui ai demandé pardon, elle a accepté
A un moment donné, elle a tout gâté
Elle est quitté dans poulet, elle s'en va dans aloco
Si c'est aloco c'est pas compliqué
C'est plantation de bananes
Tu vas griller
Au lieu de fourchette, ça peut pas bien piquer
C'est avec râteau, tu vas manger oh"

Source: https://genius.com/Magic-system-premier-gaou-lyrics

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1er GAOU (PREMIER GAOU) [English translation with notes]

"it's when i was down that the gal Antou left me oh ah {x4}

when i had little(money)
morning noon evening
we were together
at the "Rue Princesse" ( famous Abidjan bar)
at the "Mille Maquis" (famous Abidjan bar)
together at the""inaudible" oh (famous abidjan bar)
when the money was gone
Antou changed side
wari bana (means "no more money" in african dialect)
she changed boyfriend

na gnere na gnere wa, na gnere na gnere wah (means you are crazy in african dialect)

thank god for me, i knew how to sing a little
i did my demo tape, people saw me on TV
morning noon evening its me singing on radio
Antou saw that and said the fool made it (GAOU means FOOL in slang)
wait, let me go and take his money (like scam him)

{Refrain:}
and we say first fool is not a fool
its the second fool who is the real fool
and we say first fool is not a fool
its the second fool who is the real fool
(african verison of "fool me once shame on you,fool me twice shame on me"

sunday morning knock knock someone's knocking at my door
to my great surprise it's the gal Antou i see
jokingly i say its been a while we've seen each other
(wrong translation on your original he says "EN SEMBLANT" not "ON S'EMBRASSE")
she wants to lie to me she says darling i had traveled
i am back
i belong to you
take me as a gift and do what you want with me

{au Refrain}

i say sweet darling what do you want to eat
without hesitation she says barbecued chicken
when we say first fool is not a fool
its the second fool who is the real fool
i say sweet darling, its chicken you want to eat
chicken is too small and wont satisfy you
its barbecued cayman i will give you
"kedjenou" of elephant you are going to eat (kedjenou is an african dish)

na gnere na gnere wah, na gnere na gnere wah

she is upset and says she is going home
if she goes home, horniness is going to kill me
(coagulation means like coagulated sperm for lack of sex)
i ask for her forgiveness and she accepted
then at one point, she messed it all up
she stop asking for chicken and now wants alloco (alloco its an african fried plantain dish)
if its alloco,its not complicated
its a banana plantation
that you are going to fry
instead of a fork
that cant fill you up
its with a rake that you are going to eat
na gnere na gnere wa, na gnere na gnere wah
{au Refrain}

Kader fool oh ah
Blé go fool oh ah
Soro guillaume fool oh ah
Sabine yo so fool oh ah
Angelo fool oh ah
Hotorino fool oh ah
Blé niata oh ah
Dieu fit niata oh ah
Kader niata oh ah
Kader tu m'a niata oh ah
Blé niata oh ah
Michel is a fool oh ah
Emile is a fool oh ah

Honoré fool oh ah
i sAy you dance ah oh ah
look at your stuff oh ah
i say you dance ah oh ah

Nan guin nan wan, nan guin nan wan
Oh youdance ah oh ah

{au Refrain}"


Submitted by blackstar18 on Tue, 06/04/2010 - 06:49

Author's [blackstar18]'s comments:
"i am French but lived in Ivory coast where Magic System comes from and i can see that there are many mistakes on the original French lyrics that you have uploaded. also this song cannot be translated word for words as it would make no sense because most of the words are african slang so i translated into what it really meant instead."

Source: http://lyricstranslate.com/en/premier-gaou-premier-gaou.html-0

Links to three other English translations and at least one French translation are on that page.

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ADDENDUM: INFORMATION ABOUT NOUCHI (LANGUAGE)
Excerpt #1:
From https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouchi&prev=search Nouchi [translated from French to English and given in this post "as is" with no attempt to change the translation to standard English.]

"Nouchi (or Noussi) is a form of slang present in Ivory Coast and West Africa .

Origin
The nouchi (or noussi) is a mixture of French and several languages of Cote d'Ivoire , it appeared in the early 1980s 1 . It was originally spoken by young city dwellers who were ill-educated or delinquent, who did not have a good command of the French language . The Nouchi was practiced by them especially near markets, stations, cinemas before being carried in most social strata. The language of the little thugs, the Nouchi became the language of the Ivorian popular comedy, even of the Ivorian music . It is also the language of the "debrouille" in the poor districts of Abidjan . " Nou " in malinké means "the nose", while " chi " means hair. This gives in a word, "hair of nose" therefore "mustache" to designate the villain, to whom everyone wanted to resemble. A " nouchi " is a strong man (notably a Mexican bandit leader of the westerns who is often a mustachio), feared by all and fearful of nothing and nobody. The nouchi was popularized especially by the song Premier gaou of the group Magic System 3 .

Description
The nouchi was born in Côte d'Ivoire , but it is not known who owns the paternity. This language feeds on the many dialects of the country and French . The speakers of this language are called "nouchis".
Nevertheless, the nouchi differs from the familiar language in Côte d'Ivoire. For the familiar language, the sentences will be devoid of their articles, and adverbs like "there" punctuate the end of sentence.
Many terms of the nouchi aim to evoke social phenomena specific to the Ivory Coast...

Construction of sentences
Nouchi is a language that is based on short sentences or additions of terms drawn from the experience of the street, English, French and Ivorian ethnic groups or even those of the West African subregion. However, there are expressions specific to nouchis and ziguéhis (the bad-boys of the Abidjan ghettos)...
Some terms are sometimes used in a pejorative way, such as "gaou", "gnata", "albert" and "brézo". The gaou is the naive person, his state is less serious than that of gnata. The latter presents a difficulty of adaptation. The "albert" or the "brézo" is the one that persists in the maladjustment. The formation of expressions is unlimited and develops according to happy or unhappy events. It is a language in full expansion in Côte d'Ivoire, which inspires and is inspired by popular culture...

Origin of expressions
Strongly based on French, he uses English and Spanish words 4 , inserted by the pupils, with words from almost all the languages ​​spoken in Côte d'Ivoire. However, Malinké and Baoulé 5 , the most widely represented ethnic groups in the markets and popular squares, are highly dominant.

The nouchi also has the particularity to vary according to the environment and evolve very quickly, taking inspiration from current events."...
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This page includes a list of Nouchi words.

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Excerpt #2:
From http://www.lingref.com/cpp/acal/44/paper3142.pdf "Nouchi as a Distinct Language: The Morphological Evidence" by Hannah Sande

"Introduction
In this paper I argue that Nouchi, a relatively young Ivoirian contact variety, is and should be treated as a full-fledged language distinct from French and its other source languages. Nouchi, an emerging language spoken in Côte d’Ivoire since that late 1970’s (Ayewa 2005), has been treated in the literature as a slang vocabulary or an urban youth dialect of French. Though Nouchi began as a lingua franca among uneducated youth in urban centers, it is now the preferred language of Ivoirians in Abidjan and the surrounding areas of Côte d’Ivoire (Kube-Barth 2009). This paper focuses on morphological properties of Nouchi, which demonstrate that Nouchi is a full-fledged language with a grammar distinct from its source languages...

2. Background of Nouchi
Nouchi is a contact language that emerged on the streets of urban Côte d’Ivoire between the late 1970’s and early 1980’s. It began as the lingua franca of uneducated, unemployed youth, though it quickly gained status as the language of Ivoirian identity (Kouadio 2005; Kube 2004; Newell 2009). Abidjan and the other urban areas of Côte d’Ivoire are centers of language contact, home to over 66 different languages. While most of the languages spoken in the area are linked with a local ethnic identity, Nouchi is not specific to a given ethnic group. Due to its ethnic neutrality and daily use, first by urban youth, Nouchi has spread rapidly (Kouadio 2005). It is the language most frequently used in the Ivoirian Zouglou style of music, and it has been promoted online through dictionaries, satirical news sites, and chat rooms.

Though Nouchi began as an urban youth language (Kiessling and Mous 2004), it is now the preferred language of 10-30 year olds in Abidjan, and is commonly spoken by Ivoirains of all ages (Ayewa 2005). This statistic is particularly significant because 66 percent of Abidjan’s population is under 25 years old (Kouadio 2005). Though most children in Abidjan grow up speaking more than one language in the home, Kube-Barth (2009) and Kouadio (2005) call Nouchi the native language of the current generation of urban Ivoirians." ...
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According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup%C3%A9-D%C3%A9cal%C3%A9 , the words "Coupé-Décalé" come from the Nouchi language:
"Coupé-Décalé is a type of popular dance music originating from Côte d'Ivoire and the Ivorian diaspora in Paris, France. Drawing heavily from Zouglou and Zouk with African influences, Coupé-Décalé is a very percussive style featuring African samples, deep bass, and repetitive minimalist arrangements.

History
While Coupé-Décalé is known as Côte d'Ivoire's definitive pop music, it actually began in Paris, created by a group of Ivorian DJs at the Atlantis, an African nightclub in northeast Paris.[1][2] These Djs, known as the 'Jet Set', became popular for their flamboyant style, often showing up at the club with large amounts of cash which they would hand out to audiences on the dance floor. Their aesthetic defined the early sounds of Coupé Décalé, apparent in the genre's name. In Nouchi (Ivorian slang), Coupé means "to cheat" and Décalé means to "run away", so Coupé-Décalé basically means to cheat somebody and run away.[1] The 'somebody' cheated is generally interpreted to mean France or the West/Europe, finding parallels to the idea of "The Man" in American culture. Especially in the beginning, the songs often celebrated those who had used guile to 'make it' abroad."
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