Ivory Coast(Cote D’Ivoire) musician Meiway, pioneered the dance style “Zoblazo.” In Zoblazo, Meiway integrates traditional rhythms of southern Cote D’Ivoire and Ghana, with electronic instruments and party lyrics.
Inspired by great African Musicians like Manu Dibango, Jacob Desvarieux, Lokua Kanza, Kojo Antwi and Koffi Olomidé — Meiway has incorporated Cuban, Mbalax and Ghanaian Hi-life styles in his repertoire of skills.
After his second album in 1990 entitled “200% Zoblazo,” Meiway became the second best known Ivorian musician after Alpha Blondy. “9ème commandement – 900% zoblazo” was released in 2007.
His success in the Ivory Coast and the rest of West Africa, in the mid to late 1990s, spawned a string of hit Zoblazo records — a trend that has continued through 2009, even as other dance styles like prudencia and coupé décalé have edged out Zoblazo.
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