CKCU: Black History Month with the first of a three part look at Burkinabé musician Baba Commandant. 30 for 30 with Doudou N'Diaye Rose "Djabote". - David Dalle
During Black History Month we will be hearing from many Black artists, including a 3-part look at Burkinabé musician Baba Commandant (stage name for Mamadou Sanou). Baba Commandant was a singer and donso n'goni player. The donso n'goni is a 6-string harp, superficially similar to the kora, traditionally played by hunter societies in Wassoulou and Mandingo cultures in West Africa: Mali, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, and Guinea. Baba Commandant had his own band which played a unique style fusing Afrobeat, Funk, 70's Mandingue guitar, and traditional Burkinabé Mandé music. Tragically, he died ag...
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