Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band

Cultures of Resistance Awardee — Burkina Faso
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band are a contemporary musical group from Burkina Faso. Coming from Bobo-Dioulasso, the group is steeped in the Mandingue musical traditions. The band’s enigmatic lead singer, Baba Commandant (Mamadou Sanou), is well-known in Burkina Faso for continuing to redefine the boundaries between traditional and modern musical genres. The band’s most recent album, Sonbonbela, was released in 2023. 
Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band received a Cultures of Resistance Award (CoR Award) in 2023.
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