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Orchestra Baobab

Senegalese music band
Organization musical_group Q263471
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Orchestra Baobab

Summary

Orchestra Baobab is a musical group[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orchestra Baobab's instance of is recorded as musical group[3].
  • Orchestra Baobab's genre is Wolof music[4].
  • Orchestra Baobab's genre is Afro-Cuban jazz[5].
  • Orchestra Baobab's genre is son cubano[6].
  • Orchestra Baobab's Commons category is recorded as Orchestra Baobab[7].
  • Orchestra Baobab's country of origin is recorded as Senegal[8].
  • 1970 marks the founding of Orchestra Baobab[9].
  • Orchestra Baobab's location of formation is recorded as Dakar[10].
  • Orchestra Baobab's official website is recorded as http://www.orchestrabaobab.com/[11].
  • Orchestra Baobab's nominated for is recorded as Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album[12].
  • Orchestra Baobab's start of work period is recorded as 1970[13].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Type: Group[14]

  • Country: SN[15]

  • Began / founded: 1970[16]

  • Community tags: afro-cuban, world[17]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 30331c85-26d4-4daa-9f66-3075cac4c20b[18]

Body

Founding

1970 marks the founding of Orchestra Baobab[9]. Its location of formation is recorded as Dakar[10].

Why It Matters

Orchestra Baobab ranks in the top 6% of musical_group entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (246 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19]

Related Entities

Senegal

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [17] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [18] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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