In many West African cultures, griots serve as communal memory banks, transmitting a people's history, rituals, folklore and values from generation to generation, stretching back centuries.But for Anglo-Gambian kora master Sona Jobarteh, becoming the first women from a griot family to master the 21-string instrument was a decidedly secluded process.
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