Ouanani (band)

OUANANI is a multi-cultural World Music band made of 5 musicians: a true native of Lac Saint-Jean, Québec, a Senegalese, a Ghannaian-Togolese, a Mozambican and an Acadian from Moncton, NB. They sing in eight languages : french, wolof, khassonke, xitswa, portuguese, spanish, english and creole. With organic-electronic sounds and a self-deprecating sense of humour, OUANANI fuses Québec with Africa, the West Indies and Latin Ameria.

OUANANI tangles a wide variety of themes such as immigration, racism, love, seduction and surrealism! OUANANI also makes use of quotes by authors and poets such as Gaston Miron, Zoé Valdés and St Matthews.

Some of their accreditations include the following :

• Album of the Week (ICI, 2008) • Three times #1 on CIBL’s Francophone charts in 2008 • Between #11 and #20 on Radio-Canada’s national charts in 2008 • Audience Award at The festival International de la Chanson de Granby in 2004

OUANANI

OUANANI performance in Sarnia, Ontario;