BURKINA-FASO
EL Hadji Hamado Kanazoe – Maitre Coranique Secteur 19 Vol. 6, Ouagadougou (Cassette)
We now share a second 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 the 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 maintenant une deuxième 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 de la musique. Ces enregistrements précieux sont une des plus belles musiques Islamiques d’Afrique que je connaisse.
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Also see Matthew Lavoie's post on Sufi sounds here
Our other Burkina-Faso music posts:
El Hadji Hamado Kanazoe – Maitre Coranique Secteur 19 Vol. 1 here
Le Larlé-Naaba – Les Trésors du Mogho – Disques CVD 003 here
Les Trésors du Faso – Musique Traditionnelle Vol. 1 here
Compil du Salou Traditionnel Burkinabé Vol. 1 - KA 00134 here
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Between 2000-2014 I often visited Fulani-Peul camps in the remote Tapoa region in Eastern Burkina-Faso, where I discovered beautiful mandala-like mats made from millet stalks dyed in natural colors that Peul women would use to protect milk held in large calabashes against the dust, flies and sun. I began passionately collecting these superb mats as a memento of a deeply loved region. On later visits, I could only find a few very worn ones used by elderly ladies in camps deep in the bush. The mats shown here are between 33 cm and 43 cm in diameter (13 in-17 in). The last example pictured, collected in 2010, is made with industrial dyes. The mats now seem to have disappeared, along with this traditional expertise, replaced by rigid plastics.
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Thank you so much for this!!! Let me repeat how much I love Hadj Kanazoe!
ReplyDeleteHi Matthew, I knew you'd enjoy that one all the more so since you interviewed Kanazoe back in 2008. Here's the link to one of your posts: https://blogs.voanews.com/music-time-in-africa/2008/09/30/sufi-sounds-volume-three/
ReplyDeleteGreetings to group of passionate aficionados that recommended this relaxing/balming gem. What venue has this been recorded ? The spatial proportions make it even more soothing. .
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