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Ouanani (band)

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OUANANI is a Canadian world music group formed in 2004 in Montréal by Sadio "Djali Sadio" Sissokho from Sénégal and Jean "Jean Jean" Girard-Arsenault from Lac-Saint-Jean in the north of Québec.

They play as a duo or with musicians from all over the world. They sing in many languages : French, Wolof, Khassonke, Spanish and English. With organic-electronic sounds and a self-deprecating sense of humour, OUANANI fuses Québec with Africa, Caribbean and Latin America.

OUANANI tangles a wide variety of themes such as immigration, racism, love, seduction and surrealism. Some of their accreditations include the following :

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