Ouanani (band)
Introduction '''OUANANI''' is a world music group formed in 2004 in Montréal by Sadio "Djali Sadio" Sissokho from Dakar, Senegal and Jean "Jean Jean" Girard-Arsenault from Alma, Québec, Canada.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
Discography ===Studio album==="Vote etnik" produced by Jean Arsenault, Ouanani 2007 in Montreal, Canada===Single==="La Chikunguña" (Ivan Duran mix, Stonetree Records, 2017) – 3:31 – Words & music : Jean Arsenault.Produced and recorded in 2016-2017 by Jean Arsenault in Barranquilla & Palenque, Colombia and Montreal, Canada. *Flavio Andrés : Bass, Guitar*Jean Arsenault : Voice*Pocho Cien : Drum*Jorge "Salpi" Guerrero : Guitar 	*Febe Merab : Voice 	*Leang Manjarres Wong : Gaita*Ronnie Maury : Bass*Keila Miranda : Voice 	*Sadio Sissokho : Voice, djembe	*Angel Alvarez : Photos*Manuel Angulo - ABC records : Edition*Jean Arsenault - Ouanani : Production, recording, edition*Ivan Duran - Stonetree Records : Recording, edition, mix, mastering *Einar Escaf - Einar Escaf Producciones : Recording, edition*Simon L'Espérance : Edition*Jean Massicotte - Studio Masterkut : Recording, edition*Tutuk Muntu : Graphic design
Video VIDEO*"Nous Matraquer" produced by CUTV and Ouanani, July 2012*Directed & edited by : Chico Peres, CUTV 2012*Kinetic Typing Animation : Hugo Alves*Cameraman : Chico Peres, Nawfal Zamani*Dance : Yesenia Pulido, P'andanzaSONG*Words : Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, Jean Charest, policier mal élevé, Alexander « Ramon Chicharrón » Betancur, Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault, fille furieuse, Amir Khadir, Stéphane Hessel, Dominic Champagne, Charles de Gaulle*Music : Samuel « Samito » Matsinhe,  Alexander « Ramon Chicharron » Betancur,  Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault, Sadio « Djali Sadio » Sissokho*Production : Jean "Jean Jean" Arsenault, Ouanani 2012*Recording, programmation, mix : Pablo Bonacina, Bonabona Musik 2012*Guitar, congas, voice :  Alexander « Ramon Chicharron » Betancur*Kora, voice : Sadio « Djali Sadio » Sissokho*Voice :  Jean « Jean Jean » Girard-Arsenault*Text correction : Marie-Julie Desrochers
References
External links * Official website* Devoir's newspaper* RFI - Quebec's Ouanani Republic * Nous matraquer videoclip