In concert, Burkinabe rapper Joey the Soldier takes the microphone and delivers his message with an infectious energy that few of his peers can match. The confidence of the MC in fatigues contrasts with his almost shy way of expressing himself offstage. Besides, why this pseudonym of “soldier”? “To pay tribute to my grandfather who was a rifleman during the Second World War. The so-called “Senegalese” skirmishers, conscripted by force, actually came from all over the continent. They sacrificed themselves hoping that the colonizer would give…
