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Pa Bobo will be in D.C. @ the end of MAY 09 playing traditional kora music and spreading awareness about maleria and other health issues facing Gambians today. He is working with the World Health Organization to bring health and pros…
This is a new single by Pa and The Kaira Band. This is dedicated to cheikh Amadou Bamba the owner of the holy city of Touba, Senegal
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- About Me:
- Pa Bobo Jobarteh was born into one of The Gambia’s most famous Jali families, a family whose musical tradition in West Africa began many generations ago in the eighteenth century. His Father is Malamini Jobarteh (formerly manager of The Gambia National Troup, now retired from music), his grandfather was Kelung Jobarteh and his great grandfather Wandifery Jobarteh, all masters of the kora.
Pa Bobo started playing the kora when he was 6 years old and in 1988, at the age of 11 he performed at WOMAD in the UK to large audiences both in Cornwall and Reading.
In 1988, Pa Bobo formed the Kaira Band, which features his two younger brothers, Bai and Dembo, on drums and kora and the wonderful Mandika voice of his sister, Siffai. Together, they began to play at naming and wedding ceremonies throughout The Gambia.
- Website:
- http://www.kairakundaarts.org
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Pa Bobo coming to Washington D.C.
Greetings All,
Pa Bobo will be in D.C. @ the end of MAY 09 playing traditional kora music and spreading awareness about maleria and other health issues facing Gambians today. He is working with the World Health Organization to bring health and prosperity to his home country.
Pa will soon after play a series of shows in California and the rest of the west coast.
Blessings.
Pa Bobo will be in D.C. @ the end of MAY 09 playing traditional kora music and spreading awareness about maleria and other health issues facing Gambians today. He is working with the World Health Organization to bring health and prosperity to his home country.
Pa will soon after play a series of shows in California and the rest of the west coast.
Blessings.
Posted on May 4, 2009 at 5:14pm —
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