Teintée Africaine L/O/O/O-TA-16

In English the playlist title literally means, ‘tinted with African.’ Teintée Africaine highlights songs that take a similar approach as tie-dyeing, a traditional practice in Africa that turns bland fabrics into colorful masterpieces. The artists here take known western pop styles and blend them with elements of traditional music genres. This musical fusion has yielded a lot of success for African pop artists. The formula has increasingly been taken up by Western World artists of African descent – those from France in particular – who have consequently gained more appeal.