OYOTTA in Dakar

Mbalax, Sabar, and the percussion continent — OYOTTA in Dakar.

Dakar is where percussion becomes philosophy: mbalax, sabar, the talking drum tradition. OYOTTA's archive of discipline-as-beauty finds its most rhythmic expression in a city where every surface is an instrument.

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• Music — Sound and releases from the OYOTTA catalogue
• Culture — Essays, criticism, and cultural analysis
• Notes — Discipline, confidence, and lifestyle
• Stories — Fiction and narrative from the OYOTTA archive
• Films — Moving image works
• Archive — The complete public record