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British-Gambian musician, singer, and griot Sona Jobarteh plays kora (a 21-string, West African Mandingo harp-lute) during a World Music Institute concert at Symphony Space, New York, New York, June 23, 2019. Jobarteh is the first female from a griot/jali family to perform publicly on the kora. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)
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Player adds a string to women’s bows

For Sona Jobarteh, Africa’s first woman to play the sacred kora professionally, breaking with tradition has not been easy

  • Marietou Ba
2 min read