Olivier Lichen

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  Rumba

  A documentary directed by Olivier Lichen.

  A doc­u­men­tary trac­ing the his­tory of this pop­u­lar African dance music. From Kin­shasa to Braz­zav­ille, along the banks of the River Congo, Rumba has been the music for the peo­ple of Congo and Zaïre since the 1950’s, often cel­e­brat­ing the events of mod­ern Africa, such as the famous “Inde­pen­dence Cha-Cha” […]

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  Gwoka : The soul of Guadalupe?

  A documentary directed by Caroline Bourgine, Olivier Lichen.

  The GWOKA, a tra­di­tional alive music, rooted in the Guadelu­pian soci­ety. Dur­ing the “lewoz par­ties”, with the Gwoka’s drums, the last mas­ters of the Ka can see young musi­cians and dancers look­ing for a tra­di­tion dated back the neg-mawon time, these slaves on the run, who oppos­ing the planters, by […]

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