Bikutsi: Cameroon's hyper-erotic dance giving women an artistic 'voice'

Bikutsi, a dance celebrating sexuality and relationships, has taken centre stage across Cameroon in the past three decades. The form arose in patriarchal communities where women were forbidden "to raise their voices in public", Cameroonian ethnomusicologist Jean Maurice Noah wrote in his book on the subject. Olivia Beyene, Bikutsi singer said: "That's the soppy, frilly side, that's what it is. It's a bit seductive too, it's part of bikutsi, especially on stage and it's specific to Cameroon, i… READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2020/01/21/bikutsi-cameroon-s-hyper-erotic-dance-giving-women-an-artistic-voice Africanews on YouTube brings you a daily dose of news, produced and realised in Africa, by and for Africans. Africanews is the first pan-African multilingual media outlet, unique in its concept and vision. Subscribe on our Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/africanews and receive all the latest news from the continent. Africanews is available in English and French. Website : www.africanews.com Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/ Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews