Sona Jobarteh was born in London to a family of Gambian griots, musicians and storytellers who maintain the oral tradition that keeps the histories of their people alive. Jobarteh’s family is one of ...

Since 2011 that respected kora player, vocalist, and instrumentalist, Sona Jobarteh, dropped the album titled, 'Fasiya'. The world-renowned musician has not released any other album but instead, has ...

I recently discovered this young London-based Gambian musician Sona Jobarteh. She comes from a long line of master musicians and griots from the Gambia in West Africa. The kora, by the way, is a ...

She has found international fame as a musician, but Sona Jobarteh has a bigger mission – to use culture to empower Africans to reform their countries. Jobarteh has been performing with the kora – a 21 ...

Sona Jobarteh Human beings, just as a race, as a species, they have universalities of course, we know that. But music demonstrates that in a very bold way. Because, at our core, we respond to certain ...

Tonight, we want to introduce you to a musician named Sona Jobarteh, who introduced us to the beautiful sound and story of a centuries-old instrument called the kora. It's a string instrument from ...

Her instrument was the preserve of men for hundreds of years, but the Gambian musician wasn’t fazed. She explains why she ripped up the rules – and is now remodelling African education In west ...

Sona Jobarteh is quite a busy woman. In addition to leading her own band and creating her own albums, she frequently makes guest appearances on recordings, speaks as an activist before the United ...

Yeah, yeah. I'm going back. I'm putting a pause on touring so intensively towards the end of this year so I can just go back in focus on everything that I've sort of abandoned recently. Well, not ...

Internationally renowned as the world's first female professional Kora virtuoso, Sona Jobarteh returns to North America this winter and spring for a tour that will take her from coast-to-coast. Blues ...