Ras Kouyon

kaya's sharpest critique of systemic ignorance, reimagined through a jazz lens — recorded in 2009 with josé thérèse's MO'ZAR collective and released with the family's blessing on international jazz day 2025. music in africa documented the song's place in collective memory: it is what mauritian youth sang at kaya's funeral.

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“On the day of the funeral, the Mauritian youth gathered to sing one of Kaya's most beautiful songs: 'Ras Kouyon'.”

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