Sona Jobarteh

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Sona Jobarteh is a Gambian-British musician and composer renowned as one of the first prominent female virtuosos of the West African kora and a modern innovator of griot musical traditions.

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Sona Jobarteh canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer
griot
human
kora player
musician
album Afro-Acoustic Soul
Badinyaa Kumoo
Fasiya
basedIn London
linked to: London, England
citizenship Gambia
linked to: The Gambia

United Kingdom
composedFor Motherland film soundtrack
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
culturalHeritage griot tradition
dateOfBirth 1983-10-17
debutAlbum Afro-Acoustic Soul
educatedAt Royal College of Music
SOAS University of London
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
ethnicGroup Mandinka people
familyName Jobarteh
father Sanneh Jobarteh
fieldOfWork cultural preservation
music education
founded Gambia Academy
gender female
genre West African music
world music
givenName Sona
instrument kora
languageOfLyrics Mandinka
name Sona Jobarteh
nationality Gambian-British
notableFor being one of the first prominent female kora virtuosos
modern innovation of griot musical traditions
occupation composer
educator
instrumentalist
musician
singer
performedAt Festival au Désert
WOMAD festival
linked to: WOMAD
performedWith Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
placeOfBirth London
linked to: London, England
relative Amadu Bansang Jobarteh
Toumani Diabaté
role band leader
vocalist
website https://sonajobarteh.com/

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kora playedBy Sona Jobarteh
Sona Jobarteh name Sona Jobarteh