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May 28, 2026 8 min read

Konpa at 70: The genre that refuses to age

Seventy years after Nemours Jean-Baptiste pressed the first konpa direk record, a new generation is fusing the rhythm with afrobeats, R&B and rap kreyòl — and the world is finally paying attention.

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