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Bobo Yéyé: Belle Époque in Upper Volta From his studio in central Bobo-Dioulasso, photographer Sory Sanlé documented a nation’s transformation from colonial foothold to cosmopolitan oasis. Bobo Yeye: Belle Epoque in Upper Volta provides an intimate look into the landlocked nation’s pop culture explosion of the 1970s. A melange of community elders and emboldened youth spill from the brightly lit confines of Sanlé’s Volta Photo into the dimly lit nightclubs of Upper Volta’s cultural capital. Accompanying this hardbound monograph are dozens of rare and evocative recordings spread over three discs by Bobo-Dioulasso’s musical titans: Volta Jazz, Dafra Star, Echo Del Africa, and Les Imbattables Léopards.

TRACK LISTING

1. Volta Jazz - Air Volta
2. Volta Jazz - Bi Kameleou
3. Volta Jazz - Fitri Mawaly
4. Volta Jazz - Djougou Toro
5. Volta Jazz - BB Peyrissac
6. Volta Jazz - Mama Soukous
7. Volta Jazz – Fintalabo
8. Volta Jazz - Wêrê Wêrê Magni
9. Volta Jazz - Nâgô Fâla
10. Volta Jazz - Mousso Koroba Tike
11. Volta Jazz - Dounya Te Soyé *
12. Volta Jazz - Beni Djarabi *
13. Volta Jazz - Chérie Nawa *
14. Volta Jazz - Ma Douce Ledy *
15. Volta Jazz - Djougou Malola *
16. Volta Jazz - Na Dalo *
17. Dafra Star** - De Nwolo 
18. Dafra Star - Sie Koumgolo19. Dafra Star – Dounian
20. Dafra Star - Si Tu Maime 
21. Dafra Star – Tjiranama
22. Dafra Star – Yafamma
23. Dafra Star – Foli
24. Dafra Star - Ram Passomayé 
25. Dafra Star - Bombossi *
26. Dafra Star - Sondja Magni * 
27. Dafra Star - Limaniya *
28. Echo Del Africa – Gentlemen Doromina
29. Les Imbattables Léopards - Bissongo Lebguinw 
30. Les Imbattables Léopards - Dja Tigui Kie 
31. Les Imbattables Léopards – Milaoba 
32. Echo Del Africa - Yiri Wah 
33. Les Imbattables Léopards - Néné 
34. Ouedraogo Youssef - He Ya Wannan 
35. Idy OIdrissa - Arindo 
36. Les Imbattables Léopards – Ne Toumdé *
37. Les Imbattables Léopards - Boudou Nyida *

* Available On CD Only 

** Full Band Name Is Coulibaly Tidiani & Dafrastar