On a le temps pour nous
The democracy that the first president of Burkina Faso, Thomas Sankara, introduced was followed by almost three decades of dictatorship under Blaise...
Music in Exile: Smockey playlist
Smockey – Votez Pour Moi. Votez Pour Moi (Vote for Me) was released at the time of the 2005 presidential elections in Burkina Faso. · Smockey –...
Smockey: “We would like to trust the justice of our country”
Burkinabe rapper and activist with Le Balai Citoyen, Smockey, became the inaugural Music in Exile Fellow at the Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression...
Smockey: “Not everyone is lucky enough to have a microphone in front of them”
Searching for “dissident artists” online, you'd be forgiven for thinking they are a purely Chinese or Russian phenomenon. But for every Ai Weiwei.
Music studio in Burkina Faso capital bombed after coup
Studio Abazon in Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, was attacked in the early hours of Thursday 17 September. The studio is owned and...
The home of Burkina Faso’s hip hop democracy movement has mysteriously burned down—again
A hip hop studio in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina Faso, helped jumpstart one of Africa's most successful democratic transitions.
Citizens With A Broom
In Burkina Faso, a group of activists headed by a charismatic rapper is working to clean up the government. The revolutionaries of Burkina...
'Blaise go!', two Burkina musicians sing
A rapper and a reggae artist, two leading Burkina Faso musicians belt out similar lyrics to different beats: "Blaise, go!
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Rapper-activist and co-founder of the Balai Citoyen movement; prominent voice in Burkina Faso's pro-democracy protests and civic activism.