As strong as any single in Echo Del Africas catalog might have been, they would collectively serve as training for the groups magnum opus, Rcit Historique de Bobo-Dioulasso. Inspired by Bembeya Jazz Nationals Regard Sur Le Pass, Echo Del Africas musical testimonial would give the emboldened troupe a chance to tell the history of their nation and their people from their own unique perspective, live onstage, for both rural and cosmopolitan audiences across the region. It is our duty, stated Jos Thiono-By on the album jacket, to give the best of ourselves, hands in hands, in union and fraternity, in order to ensure the continuity of our Upper Volta, forever liberated.

Rcit Historique de Bobo-Dioulasso is available only through our website, as a bonus item and companion piece to Bobo Yy: Belle poque In Upper Volta.