Sona Jobarteh was born in London to a family of Gambian griots, musicians and storytellers who maintain the oral tradition that keeps the histories of their people alive. Jobarteh’s family is one of ...

Internationally renowned as the world's first female professional Kora virtuoso, Sona Jobarteh returns to North America this winter and spring for a tour that will take her from coast-to-coast. Blues ...

Jeremy Siegel: This is GBH's Morning Edition. The musical instrument called the kora has been played almost exclusively by men since the 13th century, strictly passed down as a family tradition in ...

NEW YORK, NY, UNITED STATES, April 18, 2023/EINPresswire.com/ -- Gambian/British multi-instrumentalist, social activist, and visionary Sona Jobarteh is set to embark ...

Sona Jobarteh and her management team on 19 November 2015, organized a press conference at a local hotel in Senegambia, marking the official release of Sona Jobarteh's new single and debut music video ...

Sona Jobarteh Human beings, just as a race, as a species, they have universalities of course, we know that. But music demonstrates that in a very bold way. Because, at our core, we respond to certain ...

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Tonight, we want to introduce you to a musician named Sona Jobarteh, who introduced us to the beautiful sound and story of a centuries-old instrument called the kora. It's a string instrument from ...

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