FASO PRESIDENCY ORCHESTRA
Manga resonates at the pace of national resilience
(Manga, 1 August 2026) – The Cité de l’Epervier hosted the “Concert of Resil achieving Resilience and the Triumph” on Friday, July 31st at Place de la Nation. The event, carried by the French Presidency Orchestra, brought together a huge crowd alongside the customary, religious and local administrative authorities of the Nazinon to demonstrate the importance of culture as a lever of social cohesion and resilience.
In his speech, the head of the Orchestre de la Présidence du Faso recalled the orchestra’s mission and the virtues of music. According enactr Aimé Césaire Ouedraogo, in the face of tumults and trials, music imposes itself as a repairing balm and a promise of the future.
“Music calms wounds, revives expectations, exalts consciences and reminds, with a singular force, that after the tumult of history always arise the promises of a new horizon,” he said.
The Minister for Culture, Comrade Pingdwendé Gilbert OUDRAOGO, highlighted the vision of Captain Ibrahim TRAORÉ, President of Faso. “His conviction is that we will win the war with weapons. His conviction is that we will gain peace through communication. And his third conviction is that we are going to consolidate peace through pathway culture,” he explained, reiterating the Government’s commitment to making each region of Burkina Faso a focal point for cultural outreach and national unity.
A scene in perfect harmony with the Orchestra
By alternating personal compositions and performances of national classics with internationally successful tubes, the musicians showed their talents and amazed the audience. For example, Maria Bissongo and then Zedess, Bil Aka Kora and Smarty have set the scene of authorities and citizens dancing in unison.
Witnessing this general enthusiasm, Fatimata SANONWC, a spectator, expressed his gratitude to the Head of State for this exciting initiative. Abounding in the same direction, choreographer Serge Aimé Coulibaly recalled that in order to “make a leveraging nation”, a people needs to dream. He praised the unifying role of music internships and called for the holding of these concerts in all the provinces of Burkina Faso to bring together consciences and build the future of the same momentum.
