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{{short description|Burkinabé singer}}
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'''Firmin Boubié Bazié''', also known by his stage name '''Agozo''', is a musical artist from [[Burkina Faso]]. He is a singer.
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Agozo
| alt =
| birth_name = Firmin Boubié Bazié
| birth_date = 5 March
| birth_place = [[Réo]], [[Sanguié Province|Sanguié]], [[Burkina Faso]]
| occupation = {{flatlist|
*Singer}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Coupé-décalé]]
*[[zouglou]]}}
| years_active = 1995–present
}}

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'''Firmin Boubié Bazié''', better known by his stage name '''Agozo''', is a [[Demographics of Burkina Faso|Burkinabé]] singer.


== Life and career ==
== Life and career ==
Bazié was born in [[Réo]], [[Sanguié Province|Sanguié]]. He is an ethnic [[Gurunsi peoples|Gurunsi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://lefaso.net/spip.php?article43148|title=Boubié Bazié dit Agozo, artiste musicien burkinabè : Ce sont les étudiants (...) - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso|website=lefaso.net|language=fr|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref>
Bazié was born in [[Réo]], in [[Sanguié Province]], Burkina Faso. He is an ethnic [[Gurunsi peoples|Gurunsi]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://lefaso.net/spip.php?article43148|title=Boubié Bazié dit Agozo, artiste musicien burkinabè : Ce sont les étudiants (...) - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso|website=lefaso.net|language=fr|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref>


According to Bazié, his grandmother gave him the name Agozo from a Gurunsi ([[Lyélé language|Lyélé]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.tackborse.tv/2017/01/agozo-je-prefere-investir-dans-les-maquis-que-faire-un-studio-denregistrement/|title=AGOZO : « Je préfère investir dans les maquis que faire un studio d’enregistrement » {{!}} Tackborse.TV - 100% Culture - Film, Clips, Musique, MP3 du Burkina Faso|last=https://www.facebook.com/fredman.one|date=2017-01-14|work=Bienvenue sur Tackborse.tv {{!}} 100% Culture - Film, Clips, Musique, MP3 du Burkina Faso|access-date=2017-02-27|language=fr-FR}}</ref> word, "gbôzor", meaning "tô couché". 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" by removing the "B" to give Agozo.<ref name=":0" />
According to Bazié, he originally received the name Agozo from his grandmother in the form of the Gurunsi ([[Lyélé language|Lyélé]])<ref>{{Cite news|date=2017-01-14|title=AGOZO : " Je préfère investir dans les maquis que faire un studio d'enregistrement " {{!}} Tackborse.TV - 100% Culture - Film, Clips, Musique, MP3 du Burkina Faso|language=fr-FR|work=Bienvenue sur Tackborse.tv {{!}} 100% Culture - Film, Clips, Musique, MP3 du Burkina Faso|url=http://www.tackborse.tv/2017/01/agozo-je-prefere-investir-dans-les-maquis-que-faire-un-studio-denregistrement/|url-status=dead|access-date=2017-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804012416/https://www.tackborse.tv/2017/01/agozo-je-prefere-investir-dans-les-maquis-que-faire-un-studio-denregistrement/|archive-date=2019-08-04}}</ref> word "gbôzor", meaning "flat [[:fr:Tô (mets)|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.<ref name=":0" />


Agozo first entered music in 1995 as part of the [[zouglou]] group Les Wôyô.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spla.pro/en/fiche.personnes.spla.25890.html|title=SPLA {{!}} Boubié Firmin Bazie (Agôzô)|website=www.spla.pro|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref>
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In August 2016, a music event and contest concerning the size of women's bodies, which Agozo featured in and promoted, was picked up by international news networks such as [[France 24|France24]], [[The Guardian]] and [[Reuters]], due to the controversy surrounding it. The event was banned by the Burkina Faso Ministry of Women, National Solidarity and Family.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/353468/societe/miss-bim-bim-burkina-cachez-fesses-ne-saurais-voir/|title=Miss Bim Bim au Burkina : cachez ces fesses que je ne saurais voir - JeuneAfrique.com|date=2016-08-31|work=JeuneAfrique.com|access-date=2017-02-27|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://observers.france24.com/fr/20160826-burkina-faso-concours-plus-grosses-fesses-fache-miss-bim-bim|title=Au Burkina Faso, un concours des "plus grosses fesses" qui fâche|work=Les Observateurs de France 24|access-date=2017-02-27|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/28/miss-bim-bim-outrage-in-burkina-faso-brings-big-bottom-contest-to-an-end|title=Miss Bim Bim: outrage in Burkina Faso brings big bottom contest to an end|last=Reuters|date=2016-08-27|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-27|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-women-idUSKCN1120BX|title=Burkina Faso bans big buttocks beauty contest|date=2017-08-27|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref>

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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 world|Western]] news networks such as [[France 24|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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/353468/societe/miss-bim-bim-burkina-cachez-fesses-ne-saurais-voir/|title=Miss Bim Bim au Burkina : cachez ces fesses que je ne saurais voir - JeuneAfrique.com|date=2016-08-31|work=JeuneAfrique.com|access-date=2017-02-27|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://observers.france24.com/fr/20160826-burkina-faso-concours-plus-grosses-fesses-fache-miss-bim-bim|title=Au Burkina Faso, un concours des "plus grosses fesses" qui fâche|work=Les Observateurs de France 24|access-date=2017-02-27|language=fr-FR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/aug/28/miss-bim-bim-outrage-in-burkina-faso-brings-big-bottom-contest-to-an-end|title=Miss Bim Bim: outrage in Burkina Faso brings big bottom contest to an end|agency=Reuters|date=2016-08-27|work=The Guardian|access-date=2017-02-27|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-burkina-women-idUSKCN1120BX|title=Burkina Faso bans big buttocks beauty contest|date=2017-08-27|work=Reuters|access-date=2017-02-27}}</ref>


== Discography ==
== Discography ==
{{Dynamic list}}
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"La Go" (2015): drawing on Gurunsi ''binon'' musical tradition and coupé-décalé from Côte d'Ivoire.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://bayiri.com/culture/musique/la-go-un-nouvel-album-du-musicien-burkinabe-agozo-sur-le-marche.html|title=« La Go », un nouvel album du musicien burkinabè Agozo sur le marché|access-date=2017-02-27|language=fr-fr}}</ref>

=== Albums ===

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* ''La Go'' (2015) – draws on Gurunsi ''binon'' musical tradition and [[coupé-décalé]] from Côte d'Ivoire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.aouaga.com/h/46108.html|title=" La Go ", un nouvel album du musicien burkinabè Agozo sur le marché|website=aOuaga.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190804021641/http://news.aouaga.com/h/46108.html|archive-date=4 August 2019|url-status=live|access-date=2019-08-04}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==

* [https://www.facebook.com/Agozo-Officiel-1424991577770627/ Official Facebook]

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Latest revision as of 18:43, 13 August 2023

Agozo
Birth nameFirmin Boubié Bazié
Born5 March
Réo, Sanguié, Burkina Faso
Genres
Occupation
  • Singer
Years active1995–present

Firmin Boubié Bazié, better known by his stage name Agozo, is a Burkinabé singer.

Life and career

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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.[1]

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

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Albums

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  • La Go (2015) – draws on Gurunsi binon musical tradition and coupé-décalé from Côte d'Ivoire.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Boubié Bazié dit Agozo, artiste musicien burkinabè : Ce sont les étudiants (...) - leFaso.net, l'actualité au Burkina Faso". lefaso.net (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  2. ^ "AGOZO : " Je préfère investir dans les maquis que faire un studio d'enregistrement " | 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). 2017-01-14. Archived from the original on 2019-08-04. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  3. ^ "SPLA | Boubié Firmin Bazie (Agôzô)". www.spla.pro. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
  4. ^ "Miss Bim Bim au Burkina : cachez ces fesses que je ne saurais voir - JeuneAfrique.com". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). 2016-08-31. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  5. ^ "Au Burkina Faso, un concours des "plus grosses fesses" qui fâche". Les Observateurs de France 24 (in French). Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  6. ^ "Miss Bim Bim: outrage in Burkina Faso brings big bottom contest to an end". The Guardian. Reuters. 2016-08-27. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  7. ^ "Burkina Faso bans big buttocks beauty contest". Reuters. 2017-08-27. Retrieved 2017-02-27.
  8. ^ "" La Go ", un nouvel album du musicien burkinabè Agozo sur le marché". aOuaga.com. Archived from the original on 4 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-08-04.
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