Konpa’s Gouyad Dance Faces No Threat

Dear Johnny Celicourt,

I read with interest your tweet expressing concern about the risk of Kizomba usurping the gouyad, a characteristic trait of Konpa dance. A concern echoed by Frantz Duval in the editorial of Le Nouvelliste on July 28, 2025. Such concern would be more than legitimate if it were to prove founded, but many facts converge to reassure us.

I also watched the video that inspired the tweet. This may actually be the source of the confusion. The couple in the footage literall