In Abidjan there is a room where time is saved on vinyl, in old photographs and cassettes. On the second interior floor of a building, one of many that surround the historic Cocovico market founded by women, the city keeps one of its best secrets: the Baoulécore Archive Center. An independent archive, founded in 2023, that collects the musical historical memory of both the Ivory Coast and Africa and its diasporas. More than 1,500 records and 1,000 cassettes, along with fanzines, photographs and unusual objects, represent the perseverance of the multidisciplinary Ivorian artist and founder of the Center, Cédric Kouamé (34 years old, Treichville), to prevent the memory of his land from falling into oblivion.
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