Kobèna Aquaa-Harrison is a ground-breaking Ghanaian-Bermudian performer, producer, composer, and storyteller. He has garnered several Dora, Juno, Chalmers, Torchbearer, and other esteemed awards for his prolific work in music, media, film, television, dance, theatre, and most recently Canada’s historic Scott Joplin opera production, “Treemonisha” (Volcano/ CoC/ Soulpepper). Kobè performs internationally for presidents and preschoolers, wielding electric and acoustic instruments he designs and builds himself, including the “seperewa”, a rare 17th-century Akan harp-lute. He has performed across Canada, in Japan, Botswana, Bermuda, Bali, Costa Rica. “The sound when jazz, rock, reggae, hip hop come face to face with their ancestors” describes the eclectic rhythms of his trademark, “afrosonic jollof”. Kobè leads the all-star, Djungle Bouti Orchestra, with members hailing from Trinidad to Tanzania, and Algeria to South Africa.