Foday Musa Suso

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Foday Musa Suso is a Gambian-born kora virtuoso and composer known for blending traditional West African griot music with contemporary and experimental styles.

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Foday Musa Suso canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf composer ⓘ
griot ⓘ
kora player ⓘ
musician ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1970s ⓘ
collaboratedWith Bill Laswell ⓘ
Ginger Baker ⓘ
Herbie Hancock ⓘ
Jack DeJohnette ⓘ
Kronos Quartet ⓘ
Philip Glass ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Gambia ⓘ
linked to: The Gambia
ethnicGroup Mandinka people ⓘ
familyName Suso ⓘ
fieldOfWork cross-cultural musical collaboration ⓘ
griot tradition ⓘ
founded Mandingo Griot Society ⓘ
genre Mande music ⓘ
West African traditional music ⓘ
experimental music ⓘ
world music ⓘ
givenName Foday ⓘ
hasRole cultural ambassador of Gambian music ⓘ
oral historian ⓘ
storyteller ⓘ
influencedBy traditional Mandinka griot music ⓘ
instrument kora ⓘ
languageOfPerformance English ⓘ
Mandinka ⓘ
memberOf Mandingo Griot Society ⓘ
name Foday Musa Suso ⓘ
notableFor blending traditional griot music with contemporary styles ⓘ
collaborations with Western classical and experimental musicians ⓘ
virtuoso kora performance ⓘ
notableWork Jaliya ⓘ
Mandingo Griot Society (album) ⓘ
Music from the Hearts of the Masters ⓘ
occupation composer ⓘ
griot ⓘ
kora player ⓘ
singer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Gambia ⓘ
linked to: The Gambia
residence Chicago ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
workLocation United States ⓘ

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kora → playedBy → Foday Musa Suso ⓘ
Foday Musa Suso → name → Foday Musa Suso ⓘ