Foday Musa Suso
Kora Music From The Gambia

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Smithsonian Folkways
Release date: 30/May/2012

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Details / Tracklist:

1.1 Kelefaba (Tomoraba Tuning) / "Kuruntu Kelefa" (Tomoraba Tuning) - (Medley)

1.2 Sunjata (Sauta Tuning)

1.3 Tira Makan (Tomoraba Tuning)

1.4 Apollo (Sauta Tuning)

1.5 Jula Jekere (Hardino Tuning)

1.6 Juku Te Nte Sorola (Sauta Tuning)

1.7 Mama Manneh (Hardino Tuning)

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Kora Music From The Gambi is an album by Foday Musa Suso, released in 1978. The album is a world CD. -

Recorded in Accra, Ghana, in 1976, Kora Music from the Gambia is a collection of songs performed on the Kora, a 21-string bridge harp used by the Mandinka people of northwestern Africa. Foday Musa Suso is a member of the hereditary Jali social class, and, as ethnomusicologist Roderic Knight explains, that means he is both a historian and a musician: "For example, praises and genealogy were incorporated into songs, and oral history was told to the accompaniment of instrument music. " Suso's selections on this album range from traditional stories from the Mali Empire ("Tira Makan") to a contemporary song from the Gambia that refers to the 1960s moon landing missions ("Apollo"). Liner notes include a detailed description and history of kora music in the Gambia and track notes.

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FOWY8510.2

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