![]() ![]() However, even considering the astounding amount of history and music behind her, she is a trailblazer due to her being the first female professional kora player. She is from such a dynasty, with her griot lineage running back seven centuries. Youssou N’Dour is from a griot family, as are the Malian dynasty of Diabaté kora players, who are Sona Jobarteh's cousins. ![]() Griots are musicians, storytellers, poets, oral historians, whom have a proud place in the culture of their regions, and the history often goes back centuries often passed down a familial line. Among many, one thing the two countries share culturally is something that is widespread across Western Africa, and that is the griot culture. Shaped snake-like, as if acting as a buffer for the Gambia River, this tiny country nonetheless has a distinct culture, yet one inevitably closely linked to the country that surrounds it at all sides, except where it borders the Atlantic Ocean – Senegal. The Gambia is mainland Africa’s smallest nation.
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