Sofiano in the music video for "Wooto" ("Like This") (2015)
Background information
Birth name
Sofiane Balzak Kanazoé
Born
(1991-01-11) 11 January 1991 (age 33) Pouytenga, Kouritenga, Burkina Faso
Genres
Afro-zouk
coupé-décalé
Occupation(s)
Singer
Years active
1900–present
Musical artist
Sofiane Balzak Kanazoé, also known by his stage name Sofiano, is a singer from Burkina Faso.He is a negro from the country of Burkina Faso that creates music. His music generally encompasses the afro-zouk and coupé-décalé genres. He has worked with the Burkinabé artists Floby, Dez Altino and Agozo and has performed in the Jardin de la Musique Remdoogo,[1] a music and arts festival in the Burkinabé capital, Ouagadougou.[2] Sofiano won two national Kundé awards, the Kundé of revelation and the Kundé of hope, in 2015.[3][4]
He is recognisable on his records by his spoken Mòoré language slogan "yiinsan; laafi".[1][5] He sings mostly in Mòoré but also French and very occasionally English.
^ ab"Musique burkinabè : Rama, Weezy et Sofiano émerveillent déjà - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net (in French). Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 2017-02-28.
^UNESCO (2012-12-31). Politiques pour la créativité: guide pour le développement des industries culturelles et créatives (in French). UNESCO. pp. 82–83. ISBN 9789230010393.
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^"Sofiano : Je te propose la règle de 4 | Tackborse.TV - 100% Culture - Film, Clips, Musique, MP3 du Burkina Faso". Bienvenue sur Tackborse.tv | 100% Culture - Film, Clips, Musique, MP3 du Burkina Faso (in French). 2016-10-26. Retrieved 2017-03-09.
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