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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Statements (49)

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 ⓘ