3.8.9. A PORTAL TOWARD THE MUSIC OF THE OUTSKIRTS

WORLD MUSIC...

Biba Arif at 360

...and urban arts, somber, brief and powerful, which often come from the grim outskirts, with an evening of slam at NFO Barbara, described below:

   For an introduction to this collection, please click (in French)

"I have memories of paradise and a pack of scars..."

   

It let poets perform for the first time:

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Posters for performances dot the walls:  

  

Performances can be official, at the 360 or its City-sponsored precursor...

The other performance site of La Goutte d'Or

Open in 2008, it precedes the possible bet of the area becoming an international destination. The architecture and name are hermétique (FGO : « Fleury Goutte d'Or », after the street behind the 'édifice; Barbara, d. 1997, a singer known mainly in France). 

...or very small...

...or private.

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"Pape Faye, son of Assane M'Baye, for your ceremonies." The message implies initiates.

Musicians met in the street

• "Madame! He just bought his guitar!," a friend of the young man called down from a window. 

 

• This cheerful stranger accompanied his song with the rattle in his right hand.

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I realized that the page should show how many posters are present on a single day. Some of those noticed on May 2, 2026: 

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La Goutte d'Or is a gateway

to the immense periphery where immigrants

invent music, poetry and dance. 

The group with whom this chapter began conclude their parade.

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