Madi Jobarteh, on a regular day, could be mistaken for a successful human rights lawyer; he’s firm, argumentative, responsive, confident, and he stands for what he feels is right and against what is ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Jeremy Siegel: This is GBH's Morning Edition. The musical instrument called the kora has been played almost exclusively by men since the 13th century, strictly passed down as a family tradition in ...

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 ...

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 ...

In this continuation of the interview with Foroyaa Art Column, Mr. Ebrima Jobarteh, a musician and promoter, as well an executive member of the Gambia Musicians Union, explains the threat posed by ...

The Media Foundation of West Africa and the Gambia Press Union worry about the consequences of President Adama Barrow's televised threat against government critic Madi Jobarteh. This statement was ...

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 ...

The hallowed tradition of kora playing in Sona Jobarteh’s family passed down the male line. One of her teachers dismissed it as “an ethnic thing.” But it has brought her international acclaim. By Aina ...

The managing director of the Gambia Ports Authority (GPA), Ousman Jobarteh, has rubbished online claims that the Banjul Port has been mortgaged to a Turkish company in exchange for a loan. Speaking on ...