Description
Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a Griot family, as well as a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Gambia and the UK. She was born in 1983 into one of the five principal Kora-playing Griot families from West Africa. She is the granddaughter of the Master Griot of his generation, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, and cousin of the well-known, celebrated Kora player Toumani Diabate and she is also the sister of the renowned Diaspora Kora player Tunde Jegede. [More at Wikipedia]
Born
January 1st, 1983 in (Age 42)
Films
Last Changes
2025/01/11
New Event: 2025/03/22 - Somerville, MA, US
2024/11/30
New Event: 2025/03/18 - New York, NY, US
2024/10/26
New Event: 2025/03/28 - Des Moines, IA, US