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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sona Jobarteh canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8499023 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sona Jobarteh Context triple: [kora, playedBy, Sona Jobarteh]
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A.
Grace Alele-Williams
Grace Alele-Williams was a pioneering Nigerian mathematician and educator, best known as the first female vice-chancellor of a Nigerian university.
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B.
Sahle-Work Zewde
Sahle-Work Zewde is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who became the country’s first female president and has previously served in several high-ranking United Nations roles.
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C.
Sadiqa Kendi
Sadiqa Kendi is an American pediatric emergency medicine physician and academic known for her work in child injury prevention and health equity.
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D.
Mia Amor Mottley
Mia Amor Mottley is the Prime Minister of Barbados and the first woman to hold that office, known for her leadership on climate change and Caribbean regional issues.
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E.
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim was a pioneering Sudanese politician, feminist, and human rights activist, renowned as one of the first female members of parliament in Africa and a leading advocate for women's rights in Sudan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sona Jobarteh Target entity description: 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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A.
Grace Alele-Williams
Grace Alele-Williams was a pioneering Nigerian mathematician and educator, best known as the first female vice-chancellor of a Nigerian university.
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B.
Sahle-Work Zewde
Sahle-Work Zewde is an Ethiopian diplomat and politician who became the country’s first female president and has previously served in several high-ranking United Nations roles.
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C.
Sadiqa Kendi
Sadiqa Kendi is an American pediatric emergency medicine physician and academic known for her work in child injury prevention and health equity.
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D.
Mia Amor Mottley
Mia Amor Mottley is the Prime Minister of Barbados and the first woman to hold that office, known for her leadership on climate change and Caribbean regional issues.
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E.
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim
Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim was a pioneering Sudanese politician, feminist, and human rights activist, renowned as one of the first female members of parliament in Africa and a leading advocate for women's rights in Sudan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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griot ⓘ human ⓘ kora player ⓘ musician ⓘ |
| album |
Afro-Acoustic Soul
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Badinyaa Kumoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Fasiya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Gambia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ |
| composedFor | Motherland film soundtrack NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalHeritage | griot tradition ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1983-10-17 ⓘ |
| debutAlbum | Afro-Acoustic Soul NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Royal College of Music
NERFINISHED
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SOAS University of London NERFINISHED ⓘ Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Mandinka people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Jobarteh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Sanneh Jobarteh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
cultural preservation
ⓘ
music education ⓘ |
| founded | Gambia Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| genre |
West African music
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world music ⓘ |
| givenName | Sona NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | kora ⓘ |
| languageOfLyrics | Mandinka ⓘ |
| name | Sona Jobarteh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
NERFINISHED
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WOMAD festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| performedWith | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| relative |
Amadu Bansang Jobarteh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Toumani Diabaté NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role |
band leader
ⓘ
vocalist ⓘ |
| website | https://sonajobarteh.com/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sona Jobarteh Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.