BWATUN: retour aux sources

Enjoy the original sound of traditional songs of the Griots from the villages of the Bwa ethnic group (Mali). This song belong to their tradition, and has been sung by many generations of Griots. The words are, each time, improvised. There are obviously “topoi” which are repeated and which concern the history of the Bwa people and territory. The improvised part concerns current events, in the specific case the political reality of Burkina Faso and Mali in 2024. But the words they use are to encourage people, to give them hope and courage. They also praise who enabled the context, in this case Ombretta Moschella and Zouratié Koné from Electro Mandingo. This is the first time they have been recorded. There are no other recordings of this song. Special consecration to the singer with the baritone voice who died in May 2024: RIP. With Zouratié Koné, Lomanse Dembele, Enemon Dembele, Debere Diarra, Sanbo Dembele, Khassoum Dembele, Ousmane Diarra