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Two decades after breaking up, this versatile unit from West Africa's Benin returns with some new members and a good deal of their initial creative spark. Save this story Save this story It's been ...

Ayra Starr stuns in Cotonou wearing a custom all-white stage look. The Sabi Girl shared the Y2K-inspired outfit featuring a ...

A singer performs on stage during the 2025 Benin Music Festival in Cotonou, Benin, June 21, 2025. (Photo: Xinhua) Dancers perform on stage during the 2025 Benin Music Festival in Cotonou, Benin, June ...

This Beninese band was the ace crew back in the late sixties and seventies and all but unknown outside its homeland and certain expat zones of Paris. Like many acts of the time, the music has some ...

Séance of the ancient and urban, conjured by a spidery, hypnotic rhythm derived from spirit possession ceremonies, the Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou owes its black magic to the Vodoun Effect. That ...