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Even DJs Don't Escape Junta's 'Revolution' in Burkina Faso

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A DJ mixing tracks at a lively bar in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso's economic capital, found himself suddenly confronted by the military-led country's culture minister.

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In Burkina Faso, the authorities now impose a minimum share of local music in places of entertainment, a measure that is part of the nationalist policy of Captain Ibrahim Traoré. In a maquis of Bobo-Dioulasso, the country's economic capital, a DJ chained up the tracks when the Minister of Culture broke in. Pingdwendé [...] Read more The sound revolution of Burkina Faso: when music becomes a sovereign issue appeared first on Le Singulier.

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Le Singulier broke the news on Tuesday, May 12, 2026.
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