Le Super Borgou de Parakou was the brainchild of Moussa Mama, who, having worked as a goldsmith in neighbouring Accra and Ghana in the 1950s, returned to Benin with a wealth of musical ideas, and a progressive vision to meld these sounds into his collective troupe. Various incarnations of these are found over The Bariba Sound's 15 tracks, which cover the period 1970-76, a period of political change in the country. After the abolition of slavery in 1960, Benin (at that time known as French Dahomey) gained full independence from France, with a democratic government in place until a Marxist-Leninist dictatorship, the People’s Republic of Benin, came into being in 1972 (and lasted until 1990, following years of repression and the eventual collapse of the economy).
Mama and Menou Roch, Orchestre Super Bourgou (as they are also known) co-founder and guitarist, found themselves with a platform to provide cutting social commentary on the socio-economic ills and rampant inequalities they saw around them. The group became regulars at the Congolaise bar, where they caught the attention of the founders of Benin’s most influential record label, Albarika Store (Orchestre Super Bourgou were the label’s first EP release) and this is the first widely circulated document of this chapter in Northern Benin’s rich musical history.
Thats a band from the Benin Republic
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