Kora player Sona Jobarteh: ‘I didn’t want to be told: you are good, for a woman’

Her instrument was the preserve of men for hundreds of years, but the Gambian musician wasn’t fazed. She explains why she ripped up the rules – and is now remodelling African educationIn west Africa’s griot tradition, it’s men who play instruments while women sing. But Sona Jobarteh was determined to … Read entire story.

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