Okavango African Orchestra - Africa Without Borders
Winner of the 2017 JUNO Award for World Music Album of the Year
The Orchestra takes its name from the Okavango Delta, a basin in the Kalahari Desert in Botswana,
where different animals, predators and prey, coexist and share meager resources. 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
create a common meeting place for these disparate cultures, and a new musical language that
harmonizes different tuning systems, rhythms, and timbres.The musicians and instruments of
Okavango represent a continuum of traditions and cultures from time immemorial to the present.
The multicultural spirit of modern-day Canada bridges ancient African solitudes.
Okavango African Orchestra looks ahead on its continuing journey to an “Africa without borders…
before the borders were created”.
Sadio Sissokho – composer, kora, djembe, tama, hinde, vocals
Tichaona Maredza – composer, nyunga nyunga mbira, acoustic guitar, hosho, vocals
Daniel Nebiat – composer, krar, vocals
Kofi Ackah – composer, drum kit, congas, percussion, vocals
Aron Nitunga – composer, electric and acoustic guitar, vocals
Assane Seck – electric guitar, vocals
Ebenezer Agyekum – bass guitar
Nadine McNulty – Artistic Director
Producer: Aron Nitunga
Executive Producer: Nadine McNulty
Recorded at: Studio 211, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and OSS Productions
Engineer: Doug Doctor
Engineer: Ossey Gurley
Assistant Engineer: John Maclean
Mixing: Michael Jack
Mastering: Andy Krehm, Silverbirch Productions
Original artwork: Jose Ortega
Okavango African Orchestra gratefully acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.
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