Bouyon Gwada collective

Yellow Gaza

Yellow Gaza is one of the pillar projects of Act II of Bouyon in Guadeloupe (2007-2013). Driven by Vador, DJ Joe and Asa Banton, the collective was the first stage bridge between Dominica and Guadeloupe: it opened the road for Gaza Girls, Suppa and the whole Guadeloupean generation that followed. Distinct from Gaza Crew (founded by Suppa), Yellow Gaza remains a founding trace in the Bouyon Gwada memory long before the platform era.

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Role: Bouyon Gwada collective
Origin: Guadeloupe
Period: 2020s
Genres: Bouyon
Territories: Guadeloupe

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Why this profile matters

Around 2007, when Cédrick Raboteur — better known as Vador / Vadore — started organising the first Bouyon parties in Guadeloupe, he leaned on two partners: DJ Joe and Asa Banton. Together they formed Yellow Gaza, a passer collective bringing Dominican Bouyon singers onto Guadeloupean sound systems. Between 2010 and 2012, the project became the meeting point of the first Gwada wave: Gaza Girls dropped "Ka ou vlé", identified by Le Courrier de Guadeloupe as a local turning point in 2010. la presse dominicaine documented the 2012 institutional controversy around "Bouyon Gwada" and explicitly named "Yellow Gaza Girls". Booska-P, in its founding article "Bouyon to di World", associated Yellow Gaza and Gaza Girls Crew with the founding tracks of Guadeloupean Bouyon. More than fifteen years after its debut, the Yellow Gaza name still appears on 2022-2024 tracks like "Koké La" with Miky Ding La or "PLAN À 3" with Yu Mei.