Great Gambian Griots, Kora Duets from rap kora Watch Video
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Description: Welcome to our Mandinka kora music, passed from father to son for untold generations!We make our own koras, 21-stringed harps, from a calabash, leather, wood and fishing strings.Jali Bakary Konteh and I are cousin-brothers, born into a hereditary lineage of oral history musicians.Some songs are about people and events century's back, with morals, proverbs and stories told with the rhythm of rap.nnIn 1973, Grandfather Alhaji Bai Konte, brought the kora to North American audiences. Our fath
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