Sona Jobarteh
past event
sat 30. march 2024, 20:00
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square, Somerville, us
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Sona Jobarteh
mande pop
Information about the concert
Sona Jobarteh is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Gambia. She was born in 1983 into one of the five principal Kora-playing Griot families from West Africa – she is the first female professional kora player to come from a Griot family. She is the granddaughter of the Master Griot of his generation, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, cousin of the well-known, celebrated Kora player Toumani Diabate as well as the sister a renowned Diaspora Kora player.