Hawa Boussim

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Hawa Boussim
Bornc. 1971
Kipoura, Boulgou Province, Burkina Faso
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Singer
Years active1985–present
Associated acts

Hawa Boussim (born c. 1971 in Kipoura, Boulgou Province, Burkina Faso) is a Burkinabé singer.

Biography[]

Hawa Boussim was born around 1971 in Kipoura, in the province of Boulgou, Burkina Faso, just a few kilometres from the border with Ghana.[1][2] From the age of 14, she sang for her community for various occasions like baptisms, weddings and funerals but she wasn't given an opportunity of a complete education. She expresses herself and sings in the Bissa language. She became the third wife of a household with four wives.[1][2][3]

In 2009, she took part in a contest organised by a local cultural association and won. Thanks to a member of her family, Jean-Pierre Boussim, director of a radio station in Zabré, the opportunity arose to record her first self-produced album, Môbidoré, in 2011. She then agreed to associate her singing, with ancestral roots, with Afropop instruments like those fashionable in neighbouring Nigeria.[1][2][3] She appeared on television as well as . She has performed in stages in West Africa, from Burkina Faso to the Ivory Coast, in Europe and in the United States.[2] In 2017, she released a second album, Mingoureza. The album met success and notoriety for its cultural associations and its discussion of a social problem, food waste and waste in general.[3]

She was, meanwhile, spotted by Sony Music, especially by José da Silva.[3][4] In April 2018, she won the Kundé d'Or.[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Nouvel Album Hawa Boussim". Guinée- Découverte (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Musique : Hawa Boussim, du village aux scènes mondiales". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Bertrand Lavaine, "Hawa Boussim, le son du village remixé", Radio France internationale, 20 December 2017 (in French).
  4. ^ "L'industrie du disque rêve d'Afrique". Libération.fr (in French). 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  5. ^ "Burkina : Hawa Boussim a été couronnée Kundé d'or". Intellivoire (in French). 2018-04-28. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  6. ^ "Kunde 2018 : Hawa Boussim en or". archive.wikiwix.com (in French). 2 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-08. Retrieved 2019-03-02.


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