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Foday Musa Suso: Kora Music from the Gambia - COMPACT DISCS

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Management number 205794656 Release Date 2025/10/22 List Price $71.10 Model Number 205794656
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Title: Kora Music from the Gambia
Artist: Foday Musa Suso
Label: Folkways Records
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 093070851023
Genre: International
Release Date: 2012-05-30
Number of Discs: 1

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.

Tracks:
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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