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« Jimbasengo » is a recent composition and had been a great favourite among the young korafolálu. It is actually an arrangement of an older tune
called Sira Ba Bolo. A Senegalese korafolá A korafolá is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu,
plural. called Jali Mama Suso, turned it into a dance song in the 60's, imitating a Senegalese dance, (the women's plaits swinging against each other with the dance), played on the
« djembé » drums ; hence the title.
Not much longer after its creation, the korafolá A korafolá
is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu, plural. Lalo Keba Drame got a hold on it and spread it out worlwide so that it became, not only his signature, but also a korafolálu style.
The song has 2 distinctive features :
- it was a unique song composed for the kora ;
- unlike most songs in the Mandinka repertoire, it was not dedicated to a particular person, but it has been used as vehicle for proverbs and other tellings.
It was a pure entertainement song.
Many korafolálu had recorded that song ; on my own, I appreciate very much the masterful
interpretation of the great korafolá A korafolá is a kora player in mandinka (who is able to make the kora talk) - korafolálu,
plural.Jali Nyama Susso
Jali Nyama Suso was a very great korafolá who has been world wide famous in the 1970s... Read more..
Famous performers of «Jimbasengo» :
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Lalo Keba Drame, Lalo Keba et sa cora, 1967,
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Alhaji Bai Konte : Mandinka Music - Konte Family, LP, Virgin Records, 1982 |
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Alhaji Bai Konteh, Dembo Konteh & Malamine Jobarteh, Gambian Griot Kora Duets, © LP 1979 Folkways Records FW8514 |
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Jali Nyama Susso, L'Art de la koraJali Nyama Suso was a very great korafolá who has been world wide famous in the 1970s... Read
more., © Ocora Radio France, 1996 |
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