BURKINA-FASO
El Hadji Hamado Kanazoe - Maitre
Coranique Secteur 19 Vol. 1, Ouagadougou (Cassette)
We now share a cassette of heavenly Sufi Wazu singing by El Hadji Hamado Kanazoe with male backup vocals. In 2000, I visited a cassette shop in Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso, specialized in Mossi music (in the Moré language) where the cassettes of Hamado Kanazoe were recommended to me by knowledgeable vendors and a group of passionate aficionados socializing and listening to music at the shop. It turned out to be some of the most beautiful African-Islamic music I've ever heard.
Nous présentons à présent une cassette du merveilleux chant soufi Wazu d’El Hadji Hamado Kanazoe accompagné de choeurs masculins. En 2000, je me suis rendu dans un magasin de cassettes à Ouagadougou spécialisé en musique Mossi (en langue Moré) où des cassettes d'Hamado Kanazoe m'ont été recommandées par des vendeurs avertis et un petit groupe de passionnés de musique venu écouter la musique dans le magasin. Ces enregistrements précieux sont une des plus belles musiques Islamiques d’Afrique que je connaisse.
Thank you so much for this wonderful recording. I just recently moved away from Burkina after living in Ouagadougou for five years. I found that a lot of young Burkinabe continue to listen to traditional music but no one I met, including lots of musicians and fervent muslims knew the spiritual music of el Hadj Hamado Kanazoe.
ReplyDeleteI interviewed Kanazoe back in 2008. Here are a few details on his life. El Hadj Hamado Kanazoe is one of my favorite African Sufi singers. He was born in Mané, not far from the town of Kaya, in north-central Burkina Faso, and since 1970 has been living in Ouagadougou. El Hadj Kanazoe started singing when he was 12 years old and has released 15 studio recordings. El Hadj Hamado Kanazoe is a disciple of the Tidjani leader Cheikh Aboubakar Doukouré.
This link to my old blog contains some tracks from another of his recordings.
https://blogs.voanews.com/music-time-in-africa/2008/09/30/sufi-sounds-volume-three/
Matthew,
ReplyDeleteTalking to someone about Kanazoe is hardly an everyday occurrence! I see that you posted some of his music way back in 2010. Will definitively listen to it. Tell me, did you pick up music cassettes from other ethnic groups in Burkina, like the Bissa etc. ? I mostly spent time in the East: Gourma, Kompienga and Tapoa. I will post some more nice Moré cassettes (Salou, Ouedraogo Issaka, etc) shortly.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteYes. I did pick up some nice Bissa cassettes, some cassettes from Dedougou, and cassettes from the North (Peul). I also have a fair amount of recordings of Gourmantche music, of Lobi music (southwest) and some of Senoufo music (west). I will, at some point, post the best of these on my current blog. https://thewealthofthewise.blogspot.com/
Absolutely sublime! Thank you
ReplyDeleteKanazoe's Sufi music is very special indeed. I have a few other of his cassettes I should post.
DeleteKanazoe est l'un des grand exemplaires au Burkina qu'il ai le courage de continuer tu es l'exemple du saint coranique
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