Music. Culture Community
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Our Pillars
01.
Cultivate Cultural Roots
Create spaces for traditional arts, music, helping students reconnect with their roots, preserve heritage, and explore different ways of learning and expressing.
02.
Ensure Sustainable Generational Impact
Develop infrastructure and garden spaces that support long-term self-sufficiency and strengthen the community for future generations.
Eliminate Barriers
Strenghtening infrastructure by Investing in facilities and essential resources.
Preserve traditional arts in the region, build life skills while exploring potential.
At its core, this project is guided by a simple belief:
Arts, Music & Rehearsal Room
Creative space for arts, movement, and cultural expression
A dedicated environment where students can explore music, dance, and performance through engaging, hands-on activities.
Supporting confidence, identity, and connection
Through creative expression and engagement with cultural traditions, students are supported in building confidence, a sense of identity, and connection to themselves and their community at their own rhythm.
Equipped environment for learning and collaboration
The space will include accessible traditional instruments, open areas for movement, and a setting that supports both individual exploration and group practice.
Our Director, Alai, speaking at the World Cultural Festival 2025 in India, sharing Burkina Faso’s culture and the vision behind the project.
The Story Behind the Project
Faso Deme Bagaou began with a commitment from artist Moussa Dembele to support education, culture, and wellbeing through art, creativity, and community engagement.
It builds on years of personal work supporting the community in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. The project was created to continue that work in a way that can grow over time and support the community’s path toward self-sufficiency, grounded in the belief that collaboration can create lasting opportunities for future generations.
Moussa is a griot of Burkinabé and Malian heritage, a DBS-cleared teaching artist, performer, costume maker, and master instrument maker with over 20 years of experience.
He preserves cultural heritage through the traditional craft of instrument making, carefully shaping and tuning each instrument so it carries its own voice. For instruments such as the balafon, this includes carving the wood so that each note resonates correctly.
He also leads workshops in schools, including with children with special educational needs, sharing cultural knowledge through creative practice.
BAGAOU
FASO DEME
Rooted in community, supporting learning, sustainibility and culture
