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Fatoumata Diawara

#MyDiscoveryPlaylist Fatoumata Diawara – Mali

by Fungai Tichawangana
Jul 4, 2019Sep 4, 2020
Reflections

I don’t have a cool story about how I came across Fatou’s music. I was listening to Sona Jobarteh on Youtube and somehow ended up… Read More »#MyDiscoveryPlaylist Fatoumata Diawara – Mali

Sona Jobarteh playing the Kora - screenshot from Gambia

#MyDiscoveryPlaylist Sona Jobarteh – Gambia

by Fungai Tichawangana
Apr 11, 2019Sep 4, 2020
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Reflections

Sona Jobarteh, from The Gambia, is descendent of a Griot musical family. For seven hundred years, men from these families played the kora for the… Read More »#MyDiscoveryPlaylist Sona Jobarteh – Gambia