Sona Jobarteh Musical artist
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.
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Musical artist
| Career started | 1987 |
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| Background | Non vocal instrumentalist |
| genre | Acoustic West African Manding |
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| record label | African Guild Records |