Happiness was not a major part of it. But she did find one point of connection to her life in the Gambia. Sona Jobarteh: The library in the school had a kora there, hanging on the wall.

Now 41, Jobarteh has become the first female kora artist to have a major touring ... has also helped plant the financial seed for The Gambia Academy, a school she founded in 2015.

Diébaté recounts the supernatural origins of the kora, and Sissoko takes off for that very spot, Sanementereng in The Gambia. In one sense all musical instruments are magical, given the impact ...

Going back in time, tell us how the kora as an instrument came into being back in Gambia. The invention of the kora is still a mystery. Legend says that the kora was given to the Mandinka tribe by ...

Musician Sean Gaskell will perform and present an educational program featuring the kora, a 21-string West African harp, at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 5, in Grizzly Hall at the Cody ...

In 1976 I travelled from London to Gambia to study with kora player Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, the great-uncle of Toumani Diabaté. I first went with him to visit Toumani’s family home in Bamako ...