Ivorian musicians have collaborated to release a song saying they are “not afraid” after Islamist militants killed 19 people on a beach.<\/p>\n
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said it was behind the attack earlier this month.<\/p>\n
The song “Meme Pas Peur”, meaning not a bit afraid, was filmed on Grand Bassam beach, where the gunmen opened fire.<\/p>\n
The lyrics, sung in French, include the lines “you kill innocents for lost causes” and “you won’t go to paradise”.<\/p>\n
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France’s ex-colonies under threat<\/strong><\/p>\n How I survived the Grand Bassam beach attack<\/p>\n The defiant lyrics insist “in Ivory Coast, we’re on our feet”.<\/p>\n Some lyrics are directed at the militants including: “What are you doing on the beaches? Because of 70 virgins, you kill innocent people.<\/p>\n “In the name of God, you there, you won’t go to paradise”.<\/p>\n And some are critical of the AQIM’s interpretation of Islam, arguing “Islam is a religion that promotes love, you kill innocents for lost causes”.<\/p>\n The video was filmed on the same beach where gunmen killed 19 people<\/p>\n The song’s producer Chico Lacoste told the BBC that he decided to make a song to “tell the whole world that: ‘Yes it’s true that Ivory Coast has been hit but we have not fallen down'”.<\/p>\n The BBC’s Tamasin Ford in Abidjan says music is a typical reaction to a crisis in Ivory Coast and was used to ask for their war to stop and push for reconciliation.<\/p>\n A song has even been released in reaction to the bird flu epidemic, our correspondent adds.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n Source: BBC<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ivorian musicians have collaborated to release a song saying they are “not afraid” after Islamist militants killed 19 people on a beach. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said it was behind the attack earlier this month. The song “Meme Pas Peur”, meaning not a bit afraid, was filmed on Grand Bassam beach, where the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":201641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n