September 24, 2026

Which Congolese dance and music style, rooted in the soukous scene of Kinshasa, spread through Congolese diaspora communities in Belgium, France and Canada in the 1990s and 2000s, and also fed into Ivory Coast's coupé-décalé and shaped that country's own dance-pop sound?

A Ndombolo
B contra dance
C Chhau dance
D Dragon dance

Ndombolo, the fast, hip-swaying Congolese dance style, grew popular in Belgium and France through the diaspora and directly shaped Ivory Coast's coupé-décalé genre, which emerged in the early 2000s.

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