Hawa Boussim

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

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

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 Festival MASA. 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. "Nouvel Album Hawa Boussim". Guinée- Découverte (in French). Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  2. "Musique : Hawa Boussim, du village aux scènes mondiales". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2017-11-24. Retrieved 2019-03-02.
  3. 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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