Okavango Aftrican Orchestra

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OKAVANGO AFRICAN ORCHESTRA PRESENTED
IN COLLABORATION WITH ONTARIO CREATES @ HUGH’S ROOM, 296 BROADVIEW
FRIDAY, MAY 10 • DOORS 7PM / CONCERT 8PM

Multiple instruments, ten languages and seven countries define Okavango African Orchestra, winners of the 2017 JUNO Award for World Music Album. This is an ambitious musical ensemble created by Batuki Music Society, a Toronto-based non-profit African arts organization.
Artistic Director, Nadine McNulty assembled a cast of accomplished African-born musicians who now live in Toronto and Montreal: Daniel Nebiat (krar/vocals), KofiAckah (Percussion/vocals), Tichaona Maredza (nyunga-nyunga/guitar/hosho/vocals),Sadio Sissokho (kora/tama/djembe/vocals), Ebenezer Agyekum (bass guitar/vocals),Assane Seck (guitar/vocals), Aron Nitunga (guitar/vocals),Mabinty Sylla (dance)

The Orchestra takes its name from the Okavango Delta - a basin in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana, where many different animal species come together to feed and find water. Predators and prey are forced to coexist and share the meager resources because of the harsh environment they live in. Similarly, Okavango African Orchestra brings together the traditional music and instruments of several major African cultures that, historically have had little or no interaction. The musicians of Okavango have created a common meeting place for these disparate cultures and a new musical language that harmonizes their different tuning systems, rhythms and timbre. The musicians and instruments of Okavango represent a continuum of traditions and cultures from time immemorial to the present day. The multicultural spirit of modern-day Canada bridges ancient African solitudes.

This concert at Hugh’s Room, is presented in collaboration with Ontario Creates

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