Genres Mizik rasin | Years active 1990–present Genre Rasin Albums Jou A Rive, Rèv An Nou | |
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Members Eddy François, Lead SingerVladimir Jean-Félix, Lead GuitarRichard Laguerre, Bass GuitarBedy Andre Eugene, GuitarMilot Eliassaint, KeyboardsEvans Seney, DrummerMyrtho Exavier, DrummerDieusuel Liberus, DrummerJude Sanon, DrummerJean Dorvil, PercussionManina Paniague, ChorusCarline Ruiz, ChorusCharles Heurtelou, Chorus Similar Boukman Eksperyans, Eddy François, Olivier Martelly, Kreyol La, Ti Manno | ||
Boukan Ginen is a mizik rasin band from the city of Port-au-Prince, Haïti. Boukan is the Haitian Kreyòl word for "bonfire" or "fire pit". Ginen is a specific Haitian name for the ancestral home of enslaved Africans by European colonists or European barbarians.
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History
Boukan Ginen won the prize for best carnival song at the 1991 Carnival in Port-au-Prince, for their performance of "Pale Pale W", a song later released on their debut album, Jou a Rive. The song title means "talk" and included lyrics widely interpreted as supporting the presidency of Jean-Bertrand Aristide. The band's music was suppressed by the military authority of the junta led by Raoul Cédras that ruled the country from 1991 to 1994. In 1994, Boukan Ginen became the third Haitian musical group to receive the Prix Découverte from Radio France International.
Songs
Ede M ChanteJou A Rive · 1995
TandeJou A Rive · 1995
Pale Pale WJou A Rive · 1995