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Foday Musa Suso
Gambian griot and kora player musician (born 1950)
For other people named Suso, see Suso (disambiguation).
Foday Musa Suso (born 18 February 1950,[1] in Sarre Hamadi, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of The Gambia) is a Gambian musician and composer.
Jali foday musa suso music
He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a griot.[1] Griots are the oral historians and musicians of the Mandingo people who live in several west African nations.[1] Griots are a living library for the community providing history, entertainment, and wisdom while playing and singing their songs.
It is an extensive verbal and musical heritage that can only be passed down within a griot family.
Suso is a direct descendant of Jali Madi Wlen Suso, the griot who invented the kora over four centuries ago. He spent his childhood in a traditional Gambian village, in a household filled with kora music.
Though his father was a master kora player, in griot tradition a fat