Tonight, we want to introduce you to a musician named Sona Jobarteh, who introduced us to the beautiful sound and story of a centuries-old instrument called the kora. It's a string instrument from ...

Sona Jobarteh. Photo by Tony Rath, courtesy of the artist. In many West African cultures, griots serve as communal memory banks, transmitting a people’s history, rituals, folklore and values from ...

When Sona Jobarteh was a young girl, she dreamed of becoming a soccer player. But at the time, women’s soccer hadn’t become the global sensation it is today, and she didn’t see a path forward in what ...

Praia, 11 abr 2025 (Lusa) – Sona Jobarteh, a primeira mulher a tocar "cora", ainda alvo de preconceitos na área, estreia-se hoje em Cabo Verde, no Kriol Jazz Festival (KJF), ao qual traz mensagens ...

This is an updated version of a story first published on Dec. 25, 2022. The original video can be viewed here. Tonight we want to introduce you to a musician named Sona Jobarteh, who introduced us to ...