Kandy Guira

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2025-2026 — The Diaspora Kunde, a new clip and a preparing EP. On 25 April 2025, Kandy Guira received the Kundé of the best Burkinabè artist in the diaspora during the 23rd edition of the Kundé. Her single "WUMTABA L'arcord" (October 2025) received her official video on her YouTube channel in 2026. And the rest is already written: a new EP is in preparation, and programmers from North America and Australia are watching her closely — Festival TV counts her as one of the most important artists in the world. artists to watch in 2027.

Biographie

Kandy Guira is a Burkina Faso singer, who was born in 1984 in Yamoussoukro, Côte d'Ivoire, and grew up in Abidjan, a cosmopolitan city where music intersects, listening to Miriam Makeba, Celine Dion and Angélique Kidjo — with South African Brenda Fassie as an idol. At five years old, she moved to Burkina Faso, her country of origin, and made her debut in the cabarets of Ouagadougou, in the group Kalianga, which was led by the artist Abdouaye Cissé.

In 2008, she won the first prize of National Culture Week (SNC), one of the major meetings of Burkina Faso music, and then toured Germany. Mannequin, actress and dancer at her hour, she chose music: her songs speak of love, hope and the difficulties of life, especially those of women. In 2009, she released her first album, "The New Year's Eve" (SNC), which was published in the National Culture Week (SNC). M'bain tribute to his mother.

M'ba — "the mother" — is dedicated to the one who saw the life of artist with a bad eye: Kandy Guira's entire journey is a story of emancipation, and her songs tell it. Ten years later, she slides a "M'Ba (Mother)" into the heart of her EP Tek-La-Runda, as a thread between the young singer of cabarets and the artist who takes over.

She is based in France and is the chorister of great names on the African scene — Manu Dibango, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Esperanza Spalding — and still accompanies Oumou Sangaré, who supports her and sees her as a future African star. Cheick Tidiane Seck, who met her during her European tours, takes her under her wing. She is also a member of the Amazones of Africa, the collective of West African divas. In 2019, her EP was established in France. Tek-La-Runda ("I take over") marked the start of his solo career; in 2021, the album Nagtaba (« ensemble », en mooré), recorded with Alif Naaba, Jowee Omicil, Floby and Mai Lingani, she was a lance on an African and world tour that led her to Quebec and Montreal, where Festival TV met her and filmed her.

His " Faso electropop" — Burkina's traditional rhythms, warba and wiire, woven with electrical arrangements — became his signature. Nagtaba In March 2020, she returned to Burkina Faso to refine this sound on the red earth of men of integrity.

An engaged artist, Kandy Guira supports the cause of hearing impaired children: her concerts are accompanied by a song-signor who translates her songs into sign language, so that the party really is for everyone. Her texts speak of love, emancipation, solidarity between women and hope — in mooré, dioula, French and English.

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Distinctions and benchmarks

• 2008 — First prize of the National Week of Culture (SNC), the great musical event in Burkina Faso
• Prices of music from here — Diasporas
• 2019 — Prix Talents RFI
• 2023 — Kundé of the best Burkinabè artist of the diaspora
• 2025 — Kundé of the best Burkinabè artist of the diaspora (23rd edition of the Kundé, Ouagadougou, 25 April 2025)
• Member of the Amazones of Africa, the West African divas collective founded in Mali in 2015, alongside Angelique Kidjo and Momei Keita
• Chorus of the great names — Manu Dibango, Cheick Tidiane Seck, Esperanza Spalding; she is still accompanying Oumou Sangaré, her project sponsor

Discographie

• "M'ba" — album (2009) : his first album, recorded in Burkina Faso and dedicated to his mother — the starting point of a work placed under the sign of emancipation.
• "Tek-La-Runda" — EP (5 April 2019, Que du bliss en son) "I take over", in Mooré. Four titles — "Talanloge", "M'Ba (Mother)", "Beogo (Demain)" and "Tek-La-Runda" — born from his encounter with Clément, DJ and producer: the manifesto of his solo career.
• « Nagtaba » — album (22 October 2021, Vlad Productions) "Together." Eleven tracks where Burkina's warba and wiire rhythms meet electropop, with Alif Naaba, Jowee Omicil, Floby and Mai Lingani as guests: "Wasindi", "Pagabirawa", "Karango", "Pagbatem", "Yelema", "Anna Yeele", "Fare Life", "Africa" (with Jowee Omicil), "Nonga", "Equilibre" and "Nartaba". The album launches its African and world tour.
• The singles : "Béogo (L'Avenir)" (2018) · "Favorite life", with Alif Naaba (2021) · "SOME TO YOU" (2023) · "Kilsi Yan" (2023) · "Anna Yeele" (2024) · "Talanloge" (2024) · "Wàabo (Vienna)" (2025) · "WOUMTABA L'arrangement" (2025).

On the Poster — Festivals

• 2023 — Festival des Journées d'Afrique : Dances et Rythmes du Monde de Québec — opening concert of the 2023 edition, July 27, 2023, at Place d'Youville (Quebec, Canada) — See the festival entry
• Festival international Nuits d'Afrique — Montreal (Canada): Festival TV met her there in front of her camera — See the festival entry
• 2023 — Hillside Festival — Guelph, Ontario, Canada — See the festival entry

Grandes scènes

• WOMAD and WOMEX — world music events, where its professional profiles are active
• Musiques Métisses — Angoulême (France)
• The World Waves — Nancy (France): his concert "Nagataba" was captured (see the Videos page)

On stage — videos and images Festival TV

Kandy Guira in front of Festival TV's camera, in Montreal and Quebec City: the meeting at Nuits d'Afrique and the opening concert of the Journées d'Afrique at Place d'Youville, July 27, 2023. All these images were filmed by Moïse 1er — the long version of the meeting and all the recordings are on its videos page.

Official clips

On its official YouTube channel "Kandy GUIRA official", its clips are watched in one click:

Also to be seen: his concert "Nagataba" at the World Waves, Nancy — capture published by Global Africa Telesud. all his videos on his dedicated page.

Gallery — official photographs and pouches

Official covers of his album, EP and singles — presented in full — and official press photos from his WOMEX professional profiles:

Pochettes : official visuals provided by his labels to streaming platforms. Press photos: professional profiles of the artist WOMEX (black and white concert photo © David Rivas). Concert posters and additional portraits: official photos of the artist, © Kandy Guira.

Performing formats

• Quartet — 4 musicians on stage, 5 people on tour (WOMEX professional profile): a light training, cut for festivals
• Nagtaba training — Kandy Guira (voice), DJ Ordoeuvre (DJ) and Yohann Le Ferrand (guitar)
• Concerts accessibles — accompanied by a song-signor who translates the songs into sign language, for deaf and hard of hearing audiences
• Directory in four languages — mooré, dioula, French and English

Head for 2027

A new EP is in preparation — and festivals in North America and Australia are already watching it. Now, before the announced rise of 2027-2028, the programmers have an interest in approaching Kandy Guira and his team: production Que du bliss en son (QDBES), and a light quartet that is turning around the world.

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