Okavango African Orchestra is a Canadian musical group from Toronto, Ontario, which won the Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2017 for its self-titled debut album.[1] It aims to celebrate and promote the diversity of African music, by recording and performing music in many different African styles and incorporating many of Africa's unique musical instruments.[2]
It formed in 2010 through the Batuki Music Society, a Toronto-based organization which promotes traditional African arts and music in the city.[2] The original members were Daniel Nebiat on krar, Sadio Sissokho on kora, Waleed Abdulhamid on gimbri, Nuudi Kooshin on kaban, Pasipamire Gunguwo on mbira, Donné Robert on guitar and Walter MacLean on percussion.[2] The lineup as of 2018 includes Nebiat, Sissokho, Robert, Ebenezer Agyekum, Kofi Ackah, Nicolas Simbananiye and Tichaona Maredza.[3]
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^"Here Is the Full List of 2017 Juno Winners". Exclaim!, April 2, 2017.
^ abc"Okavango: Seven African cultures combine in uniquely Canadian band". Toronto Star, February 23, 2011.
^"Okavango African Orchestra enflamme l’Alliance française". Le Métropolitain, February 5, 2018.
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