Azɔ Mawu Paix des cœurs at 72 BPM, a Fon prayer close-listening
Azɔ Mawu, Paix des cœurs is performed by the artist & Chorale Azɔ and listed on AFRIKANA at 72 beats per minute.
The platform’s listing names a warm choir, soft kora, mellow piano and light percussion, classifies the piece under African Gospel and Spiritual Voices and assigns the mood calm and recovery; the track description says it was created to soothe the heart and spread a message of peace. The entry is marked consumable OUI.
A steady 72 beats per minute
The single tempo figure given for the track is 72 BPM. That number is the organising detail the listing supplies for pacing.
At that speed phrases have room to unfold and to pause between vocal lines. The tempo tag also appears across other Benin entries on AFRIKANA, which makes 72 a visible curatorial marker for similarly paced pieces.
Where the listing points: choir, kora, piano and light percussion
Voices are foregrounded in the description. A warm choir is named first; the listing directs attention to how voices enter, hold notes and form sustained harmonies.
Kora and piano are both mentioned alongside each other, while percussion is described as light punctuation rather than a driving force. The listing’s about text lists those textures together and frames them as part of a contemporary prayer intended to honour Beninese spiritual heritage.
Taken together, the named textures suggest an arrangement built around vocal layers with small acoustic touches. The track description gives this ordering; it is the detail the listing offers about the song’s construction.
Fon, Benin and the credits that stop short
Sung in Fon, the piece is assigned to Benin on the platform. Two neighbouring AFRIKANA titles also share Fon as language, which shows a local language thread across some listings.
Credits end at the artist & Chorale Azɔ. No individual musician names, no producer credit, no recording date and no printed lyrics or translation are provided on the listing.
Because those specifics are not supplied, attentive listening and the published video remain the remaining sources to follow phrase structure, repetition and who leads or answers in performance.
Listening cues for first plays
Begin by locating the first entry of a solo or lead voice, then note when the choir moves from long held tones into answers; those moments mark call and response shapes that the listing implies but does not transcribe.
Pay attention to the space between phrases. At 72 BPM the gaps give the choir, kora and piano room to breathe rather than to rush forward, and repeated refrains will help you map stanza boundaries in the absence of printed words.
The published video carries the title Azɔ Mawu, Paix des cœurs | Fon African Gospel Song and provides an audiovisual reference that complements the platform listing. The track is available through the AFRIKANA mobile app for streaming.
A concrete observation: the listing frames this as a contemporary Fon prayer that honours Beninese spiritual heritage while stopping short of detailed credits or printed lyrics.