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Sofiano
Sofiane Balzak Kanazoé, also known by his stage name Sofiano, is a singer from Burkina Faso. His music generally encompasses the afro- zouk and coupé-décalé genres. He has worked with the Burkinabé artists Floby, Dez Altino and Agozo and has performed in the Jardin de la Musique Remdoogo, a music and arts festival in the Burkinabé capital, Ouagadougou. Sofiano won two national Kundé awards, the Kundé of revelation and the Kundé of hope, in 2015. He is recognisable on his records by his spoken Mòoré language slogan "yiinsan; laafi". He sings mostly in Mòoré but also French and very occasionally English. Life and career Kanazoé was born in Pouytenga, Kouritenga Province, Burkina Faso. Awards Sofiano was nominated for various national Kundé awards of 2015 and won two of them, the Kundé of revelation and the Kundé of hope. Sofiano was also nominated for the Kundé award for best featuring of African integration in 2019, for his song "Mina" featuring Erickson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dez Altino
Tiga Wendwaoga Désiré Ouédraogo, better known by his stage name Dez Altino, is a Burkinabe singer and guitarist. He sings in the Mòoré and French languages, and most of his music falls under the coupé-décalé genre. He has collaborated on numerous occasions with other high-profile Burkinabé artists such as Floby and Agozo. Altino is also known by his nickname, ''Le Prince National''. Life and career Altino first entered music in 2006 with his album ''Bon Dieu''. In 2018, he set up the production company Altino Prod to support young artists in the development of their careers. He lives in the Cissin district of Ouagadougou and has a daughter, born in 2012. Honours and awards Altino won the Golden Kundé in 2013 as well as various other Kundé awards in 2013, 2014 and 2017. He has also been made a Knight of the Order of Merit The Order of Merit (french: link=no, Ordre du Mérite) is an order of merit for the Commonwealth realms, recognising distinguished ser ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Floby (musician)
Florent Belemgnegré, better known by his stage name Floby, is an Ivorian- Burkinabé singer and musician. He sings in the French and Mòoré languages. His music uses African sounds such as the kora and djembe but also rap and electric guitar. He is also known by the nicknames ''le King Zodanga'', ''le Papa des Orphelins'' and ''le Kirikou d’Afrique''. Life and career Belemgnegré was born in the Bingerville suburb of Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. At age five, he moved to Burkina Faso and lived with grandmother, who was a griot. On 15 January 2017, Floby was made ''Noom Naaba'' or "Chief of the Atmosphere" of Andemtenga, in Kouritenga Province, by the customary canton chief. Personal life , Floby has one daughter. Awards Floby received two Kundé awards each in 2007, 2015 and 2016 and won the Golden Kundé in 2010. Discography Studio albums *''Mam Sooré'' (''My Way)'' (2006) *''Wuilgui Maam'' (''Guide Me)'' (2009) *''Wend'mi'' (2012) *''M'pengda Wendé'' (2015) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agozo
Firmin Boubié Bazié, better known by his stage name Agozo, is a Burkinabé singer. Life and career Bazié was born in Réo, in Sanguié Province, Burkina Faso. He is an ethnic Gurunsi. According to Bazié, he originally received the name Agozo from his grandmother in the form of the Gurunsi ( Lyélé) word "gbôzor", meaning "flat tô". Tô is a millet or sorghum porridge and a Burkinabé dish. When Bazié was a child, he didn't like heated tô, only flat tô. His college friends felt that it didn't sound good, so they added an "a" and removed the "b" to give Agozo. Agozo first entered music in 1995 as part of the zouglou group Les Wôyô. In August 2016, a music event and contest ranking the size of women's bodies, which Agozo featured in and promoted, was reported on by Western news networks such as France24, The Guardian and Reuters Reuters ( ) is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters Corporation. It employs around 2,500 journalists and 600 photojournalist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pouytenga
Pouytenga is the capital and largest city in the Pouytenga Department of Kouritenga Province in Burkina Faso. It has a population of 96,469 (2019 census). History Pouytenga was founded by the Mossi chief Naaba Pouya, from whom it received its name. The name means "land of sharing" or "land of hospitality" in the Mòoré language. Geography The city is located in the northern part of the province at the intersection of international roads RN16 Koupéla - border of Togo at 149 km from the border and RN4 Ouagadougou - Niger border at 154 km from Ouagadougou. It is made up of a strong Yarcé community. Neighbourhoods of the city * Yars-sin * Poes-sin * Karob-guin * Kows-ramb-bin * Djo-N'guin * Kombouw-bo * Pissaal-gho * Gar-kin Economy Crafts in the commune of Pouytenga are characterised by the diversity of the activities carried out and the low level of qualification of the majority of the players. Crafts are the second most important urban employment sec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouritenga Province
Kouritenga (sometimes spelt Kourittenga) is one of the 45 provinces of Burkina Faso, located in its Centre-Est Region. In 2019 the province had a population of 479,930.Citypopulation.de Population of regions in Burkina Faso Its capital is . Departments Kouritenga is divided into 9 departments:Demographics See also * * |
Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and the Ivory Coast to the southwest. It has a population of 20,321,378. Previously called Republic of Upper Volta (1958–1984), it was renamed Burkina Faso by President Thomas Sankara. Its citizens are known as ''Burkinabè'' ( ), and its capital and largest city is Ouagadougou. The largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso is the Mossi people, who settled the area in the 11th and 13th centuries. They established powerful kingdoms such as the Ouagadougou, Tenkodogo, and Yatenga. In 1896, it was colonized by the French as part of French West Africa; in 1958, Upper Volta became a self-governing colony within the French Community. In 1960, it gained full independence with Maurice Yaméogo as president. Throughout the decades post in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zouk (musical Movement)
Zouk is a musical movement pioneered by the French Antillean band Kassav' in the early 1980s. It was originally characterized by a fast tempo (120–145 bpm), a percussion-driven rhythm and a loud horn section. The fast zouk béton of Martinique and Guadeloupe faded away during the 1980s. Musicians from Martinique and Guadeloupe added MIDI instrumentation to their compas style, which developed into zouk-love. Zouk-love is effectively the French Lesser Antilles' compas.Popular Musics of the Non Western World. Peter Manuel, New York Oxford University Press, 1988, p74 Zouk gradually became indistinguishable from the genre known as compas. This light compas influenced the Cape-Verdean new generation. Zouk béton The original fast carnival style of zouk, best represented by the band Kassav', became known as "zouk béton", "zouk chiré" or "zouk hard". Zouk béton is considered a synthesis of various French Antillean dance music styles of the 20th century: kadans (cadence), konp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dicko Fils
Moulaye Dicko, better known by his stage name Dicko Fils, is a Burkina Faso, Burkinabé musician of Fula people, Fulɓe origin. He sings and plays the Ngoni (instrument), kamale n'goni. Life and career Born in 1975 in a village near the capital Ouagadougou, Moulaye Dicko, the sixth of 14 children, began studying French in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, where his father settled to develop his livestock business. Aged 11, Dicko was sent to Mali in 1986 to follow Madrasa, Koranic studies. It is where he discovered and was fascinated by the voices of Salif Keita, Salif Kéita, Oumou Sangaré and Ali Farka Touré, among others. Back in Abidjan in 1992, Dicko became interested in reggae music, which he believed gave him the heart to express himself and share what he had acquired in his past years. His activities in the world of sewing, a necessary livelihood, would quickly be set aside to work only on the development of his band "Le Faso Kanou" with young Democratic Republic of the Congo, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ouagadougou
Ouagadougou ( , , ) is the capital and largest city of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural, and economic centre of the nation. It is also the country's largest city, with a population of 2,415,266 in 2019. The city's name is often shortened to ''Ouaga''. The inhabitants are called ''ouagalais''. The spelling of the name ''Ouagadougou'' is derived from the French orthography common in former French African colonies. Ouagadougou's primary industries are food processing and textiles. It is served by an international airport and is linked by rail to Abidjan in the Ivory Coast and, for freight only, to Kaya. There are several highways linking the city to Niamey, Niger, south to Ghana, and southwest to Ivory Coast. Ouagadougou has one of West Africa's largest markets, which burned down in 2003 and has since reopened with better facilities and improved fire-prevention measures. Other attractions include the National Museum of Burkina Faso, the Moro-Naba Palac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erickson Le Zulu
Erickson Le Zulu, stage name of Éric Bosiki (1978 – 16 February 2020) was an Ivorian disc jockey and singer. Biography Le Zulu began singing at age 9 at his church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, while he began DJing in Ivory Coast. In 2006, Le Zulu won ''Male Performer of the Year'' at the RTI Music Awards in Ivory Coast. Le Zulu was hospitalized as a result of Hepatitis B and cirrhosis of the liver, and died in Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ... on 16 February 2020 at the age of 41. Discography *''Ouragan'' *''Suzanna'' (2003) *''Gloire'' (2007) *''Nouvelle Génération'' *''La main de Dieu'' References 1978 births 2020 deaths Ivorian musicians Deaths from hepatitis Deaths from cirrhosis {{Africa-musician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
