Mapouka is a traditional dance from Ivory Coast also known as "the dance of the behind". The dance is mostly performed by women, shaking their rear end side to side, facing away from their audience, often while bent over. In the 1980s, artists of the Ivory Coast tried without much success to popularize it. One of the most well known groups is Tueuses de Mapouka. In 1998, the government of Ivory Coast prohibited its performance in public. Following the prohibition, the dance enjoyed very fast-growing global following, especially in the sub-Saharan countries and western nations with large Francophone communities. 

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