Serge Bambara

Quick Facts

Full Name	Serge Bambara
Occupation	Musician
Date Of Birth	Oct 24, 1971(1971-10-24)
Age	53
Birthplace	Ouagadougou
Country	Burkina Faso
Birth City	Centre Region
Horoscope	Libra

Serge Bambara Biography

Serge Bambara is one of the most popular and richest Musician who was born on October 24, 1971 in Ouagadougou, Centre Region, Burkina Faso. Serge Bambara (also known by his stage name Smockey born on in the 24-oct-2001 day) is a hip-hop actor, performer and politician from Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina Faso. Born in called the Republic of Upper Volta, the child of an a Bissa dad and French mother. He relocated to France to pursue studies in the year 1991. In 1999, he signed a deal with EMI and released his first single featuring Laam, a singer from the country. Laam. In 2001, he returned to Burkina Faso and started the studio Abazon. He released albums Epitaphe, Zamana, Code noir and Cravate Costards et Pourriture, and also collaborated with the well-known Senegalese rapper Didier Awadi.

On the 17th of September the 17th of September, 2015 Bambara’s recording facility, Studio Abazon was attacked as well as destroyed by Regiment of Presidential Security, who are loyal to the ousted President Blaise Compaore.

In 2013, he co-founded Le Balai Citoyen (“The Citizen’s Broom”) A grassroots political organization, along with the reggae singer Sams’K Le Jah. The group was a part of the 2014 Burkinabe protests, a flurry of protests that culminated at the end of October, 2014, caused the president Compaore to step down and leave the country. Bambara an influential activist in opposition to the uprising agreed with the military’s decision to take over the country during the transitional phase.

Serge Bambara Net Worth

Serge Bambara is one of the richest Musician from Burkina Faso. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Serge Bambara 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

A Sankarist in political terms Bambara was a strong opponent to the administration that was led by President Blaise Compaore. He has also declared his the support of Thomas Sankara, a radical left-wing revolutionary who led the nation from 1983 until he was sacked and murdered at the hands of Compaore, in 1987. In the year 2014 in a BBC interview, Bambara outlined his opinions on the legacy of Sankara: “It allowed us to be more proud to be African and to pull out of that inferiority complex, to realise we can accomplish things”. A lot of his work is based on political themes.

Bambara was awarded his place in the “Best Artist of the Year” category of Kunde the national Burkinabe music award in the year 2006. He was awarded the award by Chantal Compaore, the First Lady of Burkina Faso at the time. In 2010, he was awarded his first Kora Awards, in the category of “Best Hip-Hop Artist”. Bambara was also in a 2008 movie adaptation of Ivorian author Ahmadou Koourouma’s work En attendant le vote des betes sauvages, a film directed by Missa Hebie.

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Facts & Trivia

Serge Ranked on the list of most popular Musician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Burkina Faso. Serge Bambara celebrates birthday on October 24 of every year.