Espoir 2000
Espoir 2000 is a zouglou music duo formed in the late 1990s in Koumassi, a
neighborhood in the southern suburbs of Abidjan. The duo is made up of Ossohou
Hugues Patrick, aka Pat Sacko, the group's singer and songwriter, and Valéry
Théa Dugbo, who goes by Valéry. When the group was formed, there was a third
member, Shura, who left the group at its peak in 2001 to move to Paris with his
wife. The duo, in the tradition of the genre, is above all festive and
danceable. But zouglou is also used to talk about the daily lives of Ivorian
youth, and political and societal problems. Their ...
