BLAKK RASTA BURKINA FASO – MA PATRIE. MA FIERTE
Title: Burkina Faso – Ma Patrie Ma Fierte
Artist: Blakk Rasta
Directed by: Director X
Shot in Ouagadougou
Release: February 2025
The host of the show African History Class and the famous Radio show Taxi Driver, the inventor of Kuchoko style music, which is predominantly reggae music fused with African rhythms and energies pouring out conscious lyrics. Convener of the Kuchoko Roots Festival with Duane Stephenson, Kenyatta Hill and George Nooks billed for the 2025 edition. When Barack Obama became president of USA, Blakk Rasta penned a song for that occasion., titled Barack Obama. When Muammar Gaddafi was unalived, he penned a song titled: Gaddafi My Hero. He wrote and sang about Yoweri Museveni the Presindent of Uganda, on a track called Bloody Museveni. When he visited South Africa, he recorded a track titled Mpumalanga (a province of South Africa). Earlier in his career he sang about Kwame Nkurumah, the first president of Ghana.
It is quite expected that Blakk Rasta would release a song dedicated to Burkina Faso and its fearless leader Captain Traore. In the song he extols the virtues of Burkina Faso and also praises great heroes and founders of the land. He even goes further by singing the song in the French language. The Video was shot in Ouagadougou with beautiful images of the Burkinabes. In 2021 Blakk Rastsa and the Herbalist Band performed at the Tenkodgo Festival in Burkina Faso.
