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Jali Bakary Konteh is a korafolá A korafolá is a kora player
in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. and singer from Brikama, Gambia. He comes from a griot family including some of the worlds
most reknowned korafolálu A korafolá is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural..
His father is Dembo Konteh, who has toured the world with his kora and his grandfather is 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.,
the first griot to popularize kora music in America with his album "Kora Melodies from the Gambia," on Rounder records ;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. has been the initiator of a new style of kora playing, known in Gambia as
“yeyengo”
Genealogy of famous korafoláluThe art of the korafolálu from West Africa has always fascinated people... Read more.
Jali Bakary has not only inherited the talents of his bloodline, but has also incorporated his own style and twist into the
music, as the tracks will show. He has played with many of the Gambia's finest talent, including Pa Bobo and Sanku Jobarteh, as well as with his father on
Gambian National Television numerous times. His debut album, Konteh Kunda, was released March 2010 on Akwaaba Music.
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