Performativity in the Songs of Balai citoyen during the Insurrection of October 2014 in Burkina Faso.-Founded in 2013, the Balai citoyen is recognized as being a major actor in the insurrection that conducted to the fall of the president Blaise Compaoré in October 2014 in Burkina Faso. Several elements, particularly generational, politics and socio-economics, have allowed the setting up of this movement and have motivated its actions. Among those, speech occupies a central place, especially through songs. This paper focusses on the way songs had a performative dimension, and contributed to action in the context of the insurrection of October 2014 and during the months before.