Acrobatic, goofy and super-fast: the biama battles redefining Ivorian dance culture
Acrobatic, goofy and super-fast: the biama battles redefining Ivorian dance culture
Fuelled by TikTok and street dance battles, the coupé-décalé offshoot is latest expression of Côte d’Ivoire’s pop culture
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Acrobatic, goofy and super-fast: the biama battles redefining Ivorian dance culture
“El biama es una declinación del coupé décalé, un movimiento musical hoy día importante y lucrativo, que en su día fue creado en París por chicos marfileños migrantes sin papeles”. Influencias transnacionales de ida y vuelta. elpais.com/planeta-futu...
‘Biama’, la revolución juvenil de la alegría en Costa de Marfil gana fuerza gracias a TikTok
Nacido en los barrios populares de Abiyán y creado por niños y adolescentes, este baile se ha convertido en un fenómeno cultural que mezcla arte, redes sociales y crea vínculos entre distintas generac...
elpais.com
September 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
“El biama es una declinación del coupé décalé, un movimiento musical hoy día importante y lucrativo, que en su día fue creado en París por chicos marfileños migrantes sin papeles”. Influencias transnacionales de ida y vuelta. elpais.com/planeta-futu...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Ivorian street dance to Biama music
Acrobatic, goofy and super-fast: the biama battles redefining Ivorian dance culture
Fuelled by TikTok and street dance battles, the coupé-décalé offshoot is latest expression of Côte d’Ivoire’s pop culture
www.theguardian.com
August 4, 2026 at 4:26 PM
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a... Ivorian street dance to Biama music
On the streets of a working-class Abidjan neighbourhood, hundreds of young people gather every week after class to dance the biama, a high-tempo combo of acrobatic twists, frenetic footwork and funny facial expressions. u.afp.com/SjAk
September 11, 2026 at 5:45 PM
On the streets of a working-class Abidjan neighbourhood, hundreds of young people gather every week after class to dance the biama, a high-tempo combo of acrobatic twists, frenetic footwork and funny facial expressions. u.afp.com/SjAk
En Côte d’Ivoire, le biama a réveillé le coupé-décalé
En Côte d’Ivoire, le biama a réveillé le coupé-décalé
Plus rapide et plus brut, ce courant musical, né il y a cinq ans dans les rues de la commune de Yopougon, promeut une danse explosive très populaire sur les réseaux sociaux.
www.lemonde.fr
April 29, 2026 at 1:30 AM
En Côte d’Ivoire, le biama a réveillé le coupé-décalé
a heartfelt ‘nein, danke’ to the 🇩🇪German offering. don’t like this genre at all and to add insult to injury it has very weak vocals. the 🇨🇮Ivorian biama is very much my speed.
April 28, 2026 at 7:40 PM
a heartfelt ‘nein, danke’ to the 🇩🇪German offering. don’t like this genre at all and to add insult to injury it has very weak vocals. the 🇨🇮Ivorian biama is very much my speed.
a biama agora tá nas mãos do ronaldo kkkkkk quero que perturbe ela até não querer mais #garotadomomento
December 17, 2024 at 10:08 PM
a biama agora tá nas mãos do ronaldo kkkkkk quero que perturbe ela até não querer mais #garotadomomento
🇨🇮 Le #biama, un genre musical et chorégraphique, s'est imposé en #CôteDIvoire depuis cinq ans.
🔍 Sans maison de disques, ni label, les biamasseurs se produisent dans des salles ivoiriennes et à l'étranger, et se font connaître sur les réseaux sociaux.
🎥 Un #FOCUS de Julia Guggenheim à Abidjan
🔍 Sans maison de disques, ni label, les biamasseurs se produisent dans des salles ivoiriennes et à l'étranger, et se font connaître sur les réseaux sociaux.
🎥 Un #FOCUS de Julia Guggenheim à Abidjan
August 16, 2026 at 7:02 AM
🇨🇮 Le #biama, un genre musical et chorégraphique, s'est imposé en #CôteDIvoire depuis cinq ans.
🔍 Sans maison de disques, ni label, les biamasseurs se produisent dans des salles ivoiriennes et à l'étranger, et se font connaître sur les réseaux sociaux.
🎥 Un #FOCUS de Julia Guggenheim à Abidjan
🔍 Sans maison de disques, ni label, les biamasseurs se produisent dans des salles ivoiriennes et à l'étranger, et se font connaître sur les réseaux sociaux.
🎥 Un #FOCUS de Julia Guggenheim à Abidjan
chasing the evil spirits out of this environment
“La Tcham Biama” by Kadirov Mania ft. L’Oiseau Rare
(Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 x 🇬🇦 Gabon)
youtu.be/pytXqT4h03E?...
“La Tcham Biama” by Kadirov Mania ft. L’Oiseau Rare
(Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 x 🇬🇦 Gabon)
youtu.be/pytXqT4h03E?...
La Tcham Biama
YouTube video by Kadirov Mania - Topic
youtu.be
October 15, 2025 at 8:51 PM
chasing the evil spirits out of this environment
“La Tcham Biama” by Kadirov Mania ft. L’Oiseau Rare
(Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 x 🇬🇦 Gabon)
youtu.be/pytXqT4h03E?...
“La Tcham Biama” by Kadirov Mania ft. L’Oiseau Rare
(Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮 x 🇬🇦 Gabon)
youtu.be/pytXqT4h03E?...
Garifuna ürua "3" is actually a borrowing from French /tʀwa/. all Garifuna number words 3 and up come from French. but biáma "2" is a cognate of W piama and L bian
March 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Garifuna ürua "3" is actually a borrowing from French /tʀwa/. all Garifuna number words 3 and up come from French. but biáma "2" is a cognate of W piama and L bian
#PeoplesPop24 9/10:
No last-ditch triangulation today, there’s always 2morrow!
Let’s just bless the playlist with some exhilarating biama shit from Côte d’Ivoire: “Mon combat” by young whippersnappers Renard Barakissa & Kadirov Mania.
Love it when it goes in2 overdrive!
youtu.be/2Q8oycjLaRo?...
No last-ditch triangulation today, there’s always 2morrow!
Let’s just bless the playlist with some exhilarating biama shit from Côte d’Ivoire: “Mon combat” by young whippersnappers Renard Barakissa & Kadirov Mania.
Love it when it goes in2 overdrive!
youtu.be/2Q8oycjLaRo?...
January 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
#PeoplesPop24 9/10:
No last-ditch triangulation today, there’s always 2morrow!
Let’s just bless the playlist with some exhilarating biama shit from Côte d’Ivoire: “Mon combat” by young whippersnappers Renard Barakissa & Kadirov Mania.
Love it when it goes in2 overdrive!
youtu.be/2Q8oycjLaRo?...
No last-ditch triangulation today, there’s always 2morrow!
Let’s just bless the playlist with some exhilarating biama shit from Côte d’Ivoire: “Mon combat” by young whippersnappers Renard Barakissa & Kadirov Mania.
Love it when it goes in2 overdrive!
youtu.be/2Q8oycjLaRo?...
valiant effort by the 🇫🇷French lasses, they’re neither chintzy not cheesy, but the 🇨🇮Ivorian energy is just so much more my speed. Team Biama, sorry Paiya, running away with my vote.
May 12, 2026 at 9:32 PM
valiant effort by the 🇫🇷French lasses, they’re neither chintzy not cheesy, but the 🇨🇮Ivorian energy is just so much more my speed. Team Biama, sorry Paiya, running away with my vote.
Le coupé-décalé faisait danser le monde au début des années 2000. Aujourd'hui, c'est son petit frère, le biama, qui est en train d'exploser 🇨🇮
On en parle dans le nouvel épisode de Tracks 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nzx...
On en parle dans le nouvel épisode de Tracks 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nzx...
March 19, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Le coupé-décalé faisait danser le monde au début des années 2000. Aujourd'hui, c'est son petit frère, le biama, qui est en train d'exploser 🇨🇮
On en parle dans le nouvel épisode de Tracks 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nzx...
On en parle dans le nouvel épisode de Tracks 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Nzx...
oh, the latest 🇨🇮Dydy, hadn’t picked it up yet, for holiday reasons, but what a biama vibe, which segues very nicely into the 🇳🇱Dutch-🇨🇼Curaçaoan “Viben”, which I nominated! it was a top 3 hit here in NL in 2004 and doesn’t it still sound great? a banger among bangers!
May 5, 2026 at 7:32 PM
oh, the latest 🇨🇮Dydy, hadn’t picked it up yet, for holiday reasons, but what a biama vibe, which segues very nicely into the 🇳🇱Dutch-🇨🇼Curaçaoan “Viben”, which I nominated! it was a top 3 hit here in NL in 2004 and doesn’t it still sound great? a banger among bangers!
se o beto for esperto vai questionar o pq da biama está com a boina dele... ódio da maristela e dessa mimada
#GarotaDoMomento
#GarotaDoMomento
December 3, 2024 at 10:18 PM
se o beto for esperto vai questionar o pq da biama está com a boina dele... ódio da maristela e dessa mimada
#GarotaDoMomento
#GarotaDoMomento
por mais que a zelia tenha um caráter duvidoso mas em relação a biama ela não poupa esforços pra oferecer carinho a ela. tocante :')
#GarotaDoMomento
#GarotaDoMomento
November 14, 2024 at 9:35 PM
por mais que a zelia tenha um caráter duvidoso mas em relação a biama ela não poupa esforços pra oferecer carinho a ela. tocante :')
#GarotaDoMomento
#GarotaDoMomento
sinto até dor de cabeça só de pensar no que a biama e o basílio vão aprontar contra a biadu e o beto...
#GarotaDoMomento
#GarotaDoMomento
November 27, 2024 at 10:56 PM
sinto até dor de cabeça só de pensar no que a biama e o basílio vão aprontar contra a biadu e o beto...
#GarotaDoMomento
#GarotaDoMomento
New mix! Sexy drill, biama, idol chat, and Nintendo baile funk. Plus my top 20 of '74.
Read: theotherdave.substack.com/p/make-a-san...
Listen: open.spotify.com/playlist/5BE...
Read: theotherdave.substack.com/p/make-a-san...
Listen: open.spotify.com/playlist/5BE...
Make a sandwich and go to sleep
Mix 30: Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, and Thailand shine; drill both sexy and not-so-sexy get a fair shake; plus Christian rock and (false?) idols
theotherdave.substack.com
August 8, 2024 at 4:41 PM
New mix! Sexy drill, biama, idol chat, and Nintendo baile funk. Plus my top 20 of '74.
Read: theotherdave.substack.com/p/make-a-san...
Listen: open.spotify.com/playlist/5BE...
Read: theotherdave.substack.com/p/make-a-san...
Listen: open.spotify.com/playlist/5BE...
ahead of tomorrow’s 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire #PWC26 Round 2 match you could do worse than get acquainted with the biama genre (with includes both Dydy Yeman, who didn’t make it, and Team Paiya, who did). here’s a recent short doc (with French captions), on the dance/genre/movement: youtu.be/_Nzx8JSPDbs?...
Biama : le petit frère survolté du coupé-décalé | Tracks | ARTE
YouTube video by TRACKS - ARTE
youtu.be
May 11, 2026 at 7:19 PM
ahead of tomorrow’s 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire #PWC26 Round 2 match you could do worse than get acquainted with the biama genre (with includes both Dydy Yeman, who didn’t make it, and Team Paiya, who did). here’s a recent short doc (with French captions), on the dance/genre/movement: youtu.be/_Nzx8JSPDbs?...
a biama é uma ordinária mesmo #garotadomomento
December 17, 2024 at 9:29 PM
a biama é uma ordinária mesmo #garotadomomento
O BETO IMITANDO A BIAMA KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
#GarotaDoMomento
#GarotaDoMomento
December 5, 2024 at 12:55 AM
O BETO IMITANDO A BIAMA KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
#GarotaDoMomento
#GarotaDoMomento
Happy Biama Day ( Biden and Obama day ) to all!
June 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Happy Biama Day ( Biden and Obama day ) to all!
linking the 🇨🇮biama! bsky.app/profile/lokp...
ahead of tomorrow’s 🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire #PWC26 Round 2 match you could do worse than get acquainted with the biama genre (with includes both Dydy Yeman, who didn’t make it, and Team Paiya, who did). here’s a recent short doc (with French captions), on the dance/genre/movement: youtu.be/_Nzx8JSPDbs?...
Biama : le petit frère survolté du coupé-décalé | Tracks | ARTE
YouTube video by TRACKS - ARTE
youtu.be
May 12, 2026 at 8:23 PM
linking the 🇨🇮biama! bsky.app/profile/lokp...
Not the point of this article — a fun read, with video — but it contains the phrase "turn of the century," which had me very confused for a second. Yes, it means 26 years ago, not 1900, its engrained meaning for me. Whew. 😄 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
Acrobatic, goofy and super-fast: the biama battles redefining Ivorian dance culture
Fuelled by TikTok and street dance battles, the coupé-décalé offshoot is latest expression of Côte d’Ivoire’s pop culture
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Not the point of this article — a fun read, with video — but it contains the phrase "turn of the century," which had me very confused for a second. Yes, it means 26 years ago, not 1900, its engrained meaning for me. Whew. 😄 www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire’s “woman king 👑” Josey’s new album RÉSONANCE is thoroughly enjoyable
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
Josey - Ambiance toi Doucement
YouTube video by JOSEY
youtu.be
November 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
🇨🇮Côte d’Ivoire’s “woman king 👑” Josey’s new album RÉSONANCE is thoroughly enjoyable
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...
coupé-décalé/biama, afrobeats, sexy drill, in a spirit of generous positivity, knowing where to draw the line - in a whirlwind 33 minutes
ambiance-toi doucement! (mais pas trop doucement!)
youtu.be/fBS2DMx_f2U?...