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Bobo & Behaja | Rafoza Manday Tandra | Aia Haja? | 2026 | Carton
chronicles of womex 2025
As has long been the case, the Mundofonías team attended the annual meeting of WOMEX, one of the largest events related to root musics on the planet that is held each year in a different city. In 2025 it took place in Tampere, Finland, and from there we bring impressions of some memorable concerts which we recall and which make us travel through Mali, Tanzania, Madagascar, Serbia, Taiwan and Mauritania among other destinations. We also share the conversations we had with Maxime Bobo, co-promoter of the Franco-Malagasy project Bobo & Behaja, and with the Taiwanese musicians of 3Peoplemusic. We listen to the winner of the Artist Award, the Mauritanian Noura Mint Seymali, and we also comment on the refusal of the Professional Excellence Award by the creators of the Syrian Cassettes Archives, listening to some of the music recovered and compiled in this initiative.
– Kankou Kouyate – Nganou balla – N’Darila
– The Zawose – Kusekala kwanyungu (live) – [sin álbum especificado]
– Bobo & Behaja – Karioke menamaso – Aia haja?
– Gordan – Šara – Gordan
– 3Peoplemusic – LaSoRe – Him, her, it, and three
– Noura Mint Seymali – Tassirit – Yenbett
– Syrian Cassette Archives – Side B [frag.] – SCA mixtape vol.1
Voces invitadas:
Guest voices:
– Maxime Bobo (Bobo & Behaja)
– 3Peoplemusic
🎶🇲🇬 Bobo & Behaja est un groupe franco-malgache né de la rencontre entre le saxophoniste Maxime Bobo et le guitariste Behaja, figure du tsapiky de Madagascar. Leur musique fusionne les rythmes festifs et hypnotiques des «bals-poussière» malgaches avec le souffle du jazz et des sonorités rock contemporaines. Ensemble, ils créent une expérience à la fois enracinée dans la tradition et résolument moderne, portée par une énergie de transe et d’improvisation.