This Is Africa - Yilim
Yilim is the younger sister of one of the biggest names in music in the Ivory Coast, Didi B. Following in the footsteps of a superstar can be a blessing or a curse, especially if you are trying to build your own career as an artist, but Yilim focuses on the many positive opportunities her brother’s success has brought her. They have collaborated on several popular songs, as well as performing together at a sold out show in Paris’s Zenith arena.
But Yilim is her own woman and a talent in her own right, as songs such as Si Tu Veux Partir demonstrate. It was her first hit, securing her place in Ivory Coast’s music scene. The lyrics also typify her authentic, frank storytelling which is often based on her own experience. In Si Tu Veux Partir, she sings "if you don’t love me anymore, love can’t be forced, there’s nothing I can do, if you want to leave my life, you are free to go, the door is open…"
Presenter: DJ Edu
Producer: Catherine Fellows
Reporter: Sasha Gankin
Translator and voiceover: Yvette Twagiramariya
DJ Edu's 10in10 tracklisting:
My Woman – Pson ft Ya Levis (Congo)
Ano tavela - Lion Hill (Madagascar)
Malaika - Mbosso, Nandy & S2Kizzy (Tanzania)
YoYo - Joshua Baraka (Uganda)
Mboka - Mejja (Kenya)
Amor Não é Para Doer - Twenty Fingers (Mozambique)
Ari Dho - LIL FRESH 224 (Guinea)
Sober - Roberto (Zambia)
From Far - Alorman & Global boga (Ghana)
Veron - Marcia Cruz (Cabo Verde)
Published on Friday, 11th September 2026.
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