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Releases coming out of Benin lean toward Beninese afrobeat and highlife heritage, tchink system, coupé-décalé influence and rap. Cotonou studios record in French and local languages side by side. Artists record mainly in French, Fon and Yoruba, and titles are written in the Latin alphabet. For metadata, keep the artist name spelled one way across every release, leave accented characters intact rather than stripping them, and set the title language tag to the language actually sung.
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