Sona Jobarteh is the first female kora player to come from a Griot family, as well as a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Gambia and the UK. She was born in 1983 into one of the five principal Kora-playing Griot families from West Africa. She is the granddaughter of the Master Griot of his generation, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, and cousin of the well-known, celebrated Kora player Toumani Diabate and she is also the sister of the renowned Diaspora Kora player Tunde Jegede.
Name: Sona
Sex: Female
ABOUT SONA:
Actress Sona acted in more than 30 films in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam and is known more for her appearance as Vadivel’s wife and superstar Rajinikanth’s fan in Kuselan. Now Sona started her production company, Unique Productions and their first movie will be Odu Machi Odu.
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