Julia Day

My research focuses on the role of popular music in francophone West African communities in Québec. More specifically, I am looking at a pop genre associated with Côte d’Ivoire called Coupé Decalé. My goal is to explore different levels of African Canadian identity—as an individual, as a minority community, and as Québécois—through Coupé Decalé. Through this research I hope to achieve a better understanding of the link between multicultural Canada and a francophone African diaspora.