Soum Bill
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Soum Bill is a popular Ivorian singer. His song "Gneze" is the official 2006 World Cup
anthem for the national team of Ivory Coast. http://calabash.typepad.com/world_music_advocate/2006/06/world_cup_2006_.html He is of mixed ethnicity: his mother is Agni, from Aboisso, while his father is Dioula, from Seguela. http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/soum_bill_35099
He joined the group Mini Choc in 1989 and changed his name to Soum Bill. After leaving Mini Choc, he was in a band called Les Garagistes and in now in Les Salopards (English translation "The Bastards").
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...
anthem for the national team of Ivory Coast. http://calabash.typepad.com/world_music_advocate/2006/06/world_cup_2006_.html He is of mixed ethnicity: his mother is Agni, from Aboisso, while his father is Dioula, from Seguela. http://worldmusic.nationalgeographic.com/worldmusic/view/page.basic/artist/content.artist/soum_bill_35099
He joined the group Mini Choc in 1989 and changed his name to Soum Bill. After leaving Mini Choc, he was in a band called Les Garagistes and in now in Les Salopards (English translation "The Bastards").