Ouaga sur Rhône — Jahkasa + Alif Naaba

1,000 seats, a historic challenge for Burkinabè music.

For the first time in Lyon, Burkinabè artists are taking up the challenge of filling the 1,000-seat hall of the CCO La Rayonne.

The evening aims to showcase Burkinabè culture, champion its artists and bring together the Burkinabè diaspora, the Lyon public and all lovers of African cultures.

For the opening set, we will also run workshops with artists and local cultural organisations.

The work produced will be presented on stage on the evening of the concert.

The spirit of the project is therefore to offer far more than a concert: a moment of transmission, creation, sharing and connection between Burkinabè artists, local talent and the Lyon public.

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ALIF NAABA

BF - World

THE BAREFOOT PRINCE FROM BURKINA FASO!

Singer and guitarist, Alif Naaba has combined folk and traditional music to create a style all his own.

From a princely family and a descendant of the Naaba Konkis of the village of Konsegtiga, Alif Naaba weaves a mixed music sung in Mooré, French or English.

Raised by a traditional singer mother, Alif was lulled from his earliest childhood by her songs.

His touching voice carries the traces of that intimacy between a mother and her son.

The profound melodies of this standard-bearer of music in Burkina Faso revisit the musical traditions of the Mossi people in cheerful ballads with warm, contemporary rhythms.

Listening link: www.youtube.com/@AlifNaaba

Instagram: www.instagram.com/alifnaabapro/

Facebook: www.facebook.com/AlifNaaba/

TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@alifnaaba

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JAHKASA

BF - World

Committed singer and talented musician from Burkina Faso, who writes his own lyrics, in symbiosis with the balafon, which he plays masterfully, as the instrument runs in his blood, taught by his griot family.