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Feb 2 • 12:58 UTC • 🌍 Africa • RFI Afrique (FR)

Bani Volta: A Dance Performance Revisiting a Little-Known Colonial History of Burkina Faso

The contemporary dance piece 'Bani Volta' by choreographer Bienvenue Bazié reinterprets the violent 1915-1916 conflict between French colonizers and the inhabitants of Burkina Faso, showcased at Théâtre Chaillot in Paris.

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