{"id":1225,"date":"2019-10-29T05:52:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-29T05:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/?p=1225"},"modified":"2020-06-05T02:09:10","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T02:09:10","slug":"nov-9-okavango-african-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/eventscat\/concerts\/nov-9-okavango-african-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"Okavango African Orchestra: Nov 9, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Okavango-full-band-image.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1144 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.batukimusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Okavango-full-band-image-300x208.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Okavango-full-band-image-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Okavango-full-band-image-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Okavango-full-band-image-1024x710.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Enjoy the unique and sensational rhythms of the Okavango African Orchestra \u2014 a Juno award-winning ensemble, featuring eight African-born musicians, playing multiple instruments, and singing in ten different languages.<\/p>\n<p>The ensemble takes its name from Botswana\u2019s Okavango Delta, where a diverse array of animal life exists in harmony. In the same spirit, the Okavango African Orchestra brings together rhythms and traditions from African cultures that have historically had little or no interaction.<\/p>\n<p>This performance is presented in collaboration with Batuki Music for our 2019\/20 Performing Arts season, Listening to Each Other, which pays tribute to the role of the performative arts in connecting communities, preserving culture, and spurring social change. It\u2019s also part of our fall season \u2014Africa! \u2014 which explores new dimensions of the vast and complex continent with a world-class lineup of art, performers, and speakers.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Nebiat \u2013 krar, vocals<br \/>\nKofi Ackah \u2013 percussion, vocals<br \/>\nTichaona Maredza \u2013 nyunga-nyunga, guitar, hosho, vocals<br \/>\nSadio Sissokho \u2013 kora, tama, djembe, vocals<br \/>\nEbenezer Agyekum \u2013 bass guitar, vocals<br \/>\nAron Nitunga \u2013 guitar, vocals<br \/>\nAssane Seck \u2013 guitar, vocals<br \/>\nMabinty Sylla \u2013 dance<br \/>\nNadine McNulty \u2013 Artistic Director<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agakhanmuseum.org\/\">Aga Khan Museum<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BatukiMusic\/\">Batuki Music Society<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enjoy the unique and sensational rhythms of the Okavango African Orchestra \u2014 a Juno award-winning ensemble, featuring eight African-born musicians, playing multiple instruments, and singing in ten different languages. The ensemble takes its name from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1152,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2019-events","category-concerts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1225"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1278,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1225\/revisions\/1278"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/batukimusic.com\/site2\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}