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Sean Gaskell & Malamine JobartehDembo Konteh est un griot et korafolá de Brikama (Gambie). Il vient d'une famille de griots qui a donné des korafolálu les plus renommés au monde. Avec Kausu Kuyateh, il allait créer un des plus célèbre duos korafolálu... Lire la suite. - Hama Ba Djata |
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That song had been composed in honour of Maba Diakhou Bâ aka « Hama Ba Jata » (1809 ~ 1867), a marabout from the Rip, and a disciple of the Oumar Tall from Tijaniyya sufi brotherhood. He became leader (Almamy) of Saloum. His life is told on Wikipédia. Few korafoláluA korafolá is kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. had recorded that song considered one of the most complex of the kora repertoire ; on my own, I appreciate very much the masterful interpretations of great korafoláluA korafolá is kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. of the pastime, who were also creators of new kora style, Alhaji Bai KontehAlhaji Bai Konté was a korafolá very famous in Gambia, like Jali Nyama Suso, thus less world popular. His legacy is huge as he had been the creator of a new proeminent kora style and school, the yeyengo style ... Read more. and Amadu Bansang JobartehAmadu Bansang Jobarteh (1915, Tambasan Sang - 8 April 2001, Bansang, Gambia) was a famous korafolá in his country (Gambia), hailing from the great jèlílu family of the Diabate from Gambia and Mali... Read more. A technical controversy between and traditionists jèlílua jèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he want and hear it... Read more. and korafoláluA korafolá is kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. persists about whether the song «DiakhaDiakha is a song dedicated to the holy city of the same name founded in the fifteenth century by El Hadj Salim Souare (Suwaré) said Diakha Laye or Mbemba Laye... Read more. » has been inspired or not by the song « Hama Bâ Jata » ; of course, it is possible that « Hama Bâ Jata » may have been created on the kora before «DiakhaDiakha is a song dedicated to the holy city of the same name founded in the fifteenth century by El Hadj Salim Souare (Suwaré) said Diakha Laye or Mbemba Laye... Read more. »; it is the opinion of Alhaji Bai KontehAlhaji Bai Konté was a korafolá very famous in Gambia, like Jali Nyama Suso, thus less world popular. His legacy is huge as he had been the creator of a new proeminent kora style and school, the yeyengo style ... Read more. on his album Konte Family released on 1982 (Konte Family, Kora Music and Songs from Gambia) ; but my opinion is that the song «DiakhaDiakha is a song dedicated to the holy city of the same name founded in the fifteenth century by El Hadj Salim Souare (Suwaré) said Diakha Laye or Mbemba Laye... Read more. » is certainly older than « Hama Bâ Jata », devoted to a king of Futah in the Nineteenth century ; on my sense, jèlílua jèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he want and hear it... Read more. have adapted the song to the kora at the time of the rise of this instrument in the nineteenth, they were inspired to create «Ba Hama Jata». But for I can't doubt a second on the words of such a great jèlí, so I think that Alhaji Bai KontehAlhaji Bai Konté was a korafolá very famous in Gambia, like Jali Nyama Suso, thus less world popular. His legacy is huge as he had been the creator of a new proeminent kora style and school, the yeyengo style ... Read more. would say that the arrangement of « DiakhaDiakha is a song dedicated to the holy city of the same name founded in the fifteenth century by El Hadj Salim Souare (Suwaré) said Diakha Laye or Mbemba Laye... Read more. » on the kora as we know is later than « Hama Ba Jata » and the jèlílua jèlí (plural, jèlílu) is a bard, loremaster, and praise-singer in the Manding areas whose functions are story-telling, speaking about lineages, singing and playing music as he want and hear it... Read more. who had composed it, have been inspired by that of « Hama Ba Jata ». Because there isnt' any record before the half of the XXth century, we should never know a thing about that controversy. That song is interfering with « Mansa Kele » tune, which is a reference to one of the chorus verses telling in Mandinka : « Allah (Mori) Kele Mansa » : « The marabout has only lord, it is Allah. » Famous performers of «Ba Hama Jata» :
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