Agozo Explained
| Agozo |
| Birth Name: | Firmin Boubié Bazié |
| Birth Date: | 5 March |
| Birth Place: | Réo, Sanguié, Burkina Faso |
| Years Active: | 1995–present |
Firmin Boubié Bazié, better known by his stage name Agozo, is a Burkinabé singer.
Life and career
Bazié was born in Réo, in Sanguié Province, Burkina Faso. He is an ethnic Gurunsi.[1]
According to Bazié, he originally received the name Agozo from his grandmother in the form of the Gurunsi (Lyélé)[2] word "gbôzor", meaning "flat tô". Tô is a millet or sorghum porridge and a Burkinabé dish. When Bazié was a child, he didn't like heated tô, only flat tô. His college friends felt that it didn't sound good, so they added an "a" and removed the "b" to give Agozo.
Agozo first entered music in 1995 as part of the zouglou group Les Wôyô.[3]
In August 2016, a music event and contest ranking the size of women's bodies, which Agozo featured in and promoted, was reported on by Western news networks such as France24, The Guardian and Reuters due to controversy surrounding it. The event was banned by the Burkina Faso Ministry of Women, National Solidarity and Family.[4] [5] [6] [7]
Discography
Albums
- La Go (2015) – draws on Gurunsi binon musical tradition and coupé-décalé from Côte d'Ivoire.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Boubié Bazié dit Agozo, artiste musicien burkinabè : Ce sont les étudiants (...) - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso. lefaso.net. fr. 2017-02-27.
- News: 2017-01-14. AGOZO : " Je préfère investir dans les maquis que faire un studio d'enregistrement " Tackborse.TV - 100% Culture - Film, Clips, Musique, MP3 du Burkina Faso. fr-FR. Bienvenue sur Tackborse.tv 100% Culture - Film, Clips, Musique, MP3 du Burkina Faso. dead. 2017-02-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20190804012416/https://www.tackborse.tv/2017/01/agozo-je-prefere-investir-dans-les-maquis-que-faire-un-studio-denregistrement/. 2019-08-04.
- Web site: SPLA Boubié Firmin Bazie (Agôzô). www.spla.pro. 2019-08-04.
- News: Miss Bim Bim au Burkina : cachez ces fesses que je ne saurais voir - JeuneAfrique.com. 2016-08-31. JeuneAfrique.com. 2017-02-27. fr-FR.
- News: Au Burkina Faso, un concours des "plus grosses fesses" qui fâche. Les Observateurs de France 24. 2017-02-27. fr-FR.
- News: Miss Bim Bim: outrage in Burkina Faso brings big bottom contest to an end. Reuters. 2016-08-27. The Guardian. 2017-02-27. en-GB. 0261-3077.
- News: Burkina Faso bans big buttocks beauty contest. 2017-08-27. Reuters. 2017-02-27.
- Web site: " La Go ", un nouvel album du musicien burkinabè Agozo sur le marché. aOuaga.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20190804021641/http://news.aouaga.com/h/46108.html. 4 August 2019. live. 2019-08-04.
