Jali Nyama Suso
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Jali Nyama Suso
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Jali Nyama Suso was a kora player from Gambia. He had a program on Radio Gambia for 20 years. He released his first album in 1971 while he was teaching at the University of Washington. In the 1980s he toured in England, France, Germany, and Sweden. He also worked on the soundtrack for Roots. Long before any of that he had been known in his native country. He did not fully live the tradition of a wandering musicians because he lost his leg at age 16, but by the mid-1960s became popular on radio.
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Gambian musician (c. 1925 – 1991)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jali_Nyama_Suso
date created:
2008-06-16T04:33:31Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T13:06:53Z
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