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Sona Jobarteh

Sona Jobarteh

Preserving her musical past, Sona Jobarteh innovates to support a more humanitarian future. The spirit of her musical work stands on the mighty shoulders of the West African griot tradition; she is a living archive of the Gambian people. Her singing and kora playing, while fronting her band, spring directly from this heritage. Sona Jobarteh has performed live to audiences from the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles and Symphony Space in New York to London’s Barbican, Cologne’s Philharmonie, and the Seine Musicale in Paris. Hailed as “mould-breaking” (Songlines Magazine), Sona Jobarteh is “a griot for a new generation” (BBC World Service).

 

photo credit: Rob O’Connor

Start Date: March 21, 2025
Start Time: 7:30 pm
End Time: 9:00 pm
Location: Bailey Hall
Contact Email: ccs@cornell.edu