Malamini Jobarteh

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Malamini Jobarteh (* approx. 1940 in Gambia , † July 31, 2013 in Brikama , Gambia) was a Gambian musician and Jeli . He played the West African instrument Kora , a 21-string bridge harp. In the late 1970s, he toured the United States and Europe with Dembo Konte . In the 1990s he worked with Rüdiger Oppermann , the concert recording of Same Sun, Same Moon 1992 was voted record of the year and was in the European World Music Charts for four months.

Jobarteh was the adoptive son of Alhaji Bai Konte and his eldest son Ebraima, with the stage name Tata Dindin , is also known for his kora music. Malamini's other son and kora player Pa Jobarteh toured the UK when he was a teenager .

Jobarteh managed " The Gambia National Troup " and founded the " Teramang Traditional Music School ".

Discography

  • 1987 - Baatoto (together with Dembo Konte)
  • 1990 - Jaliya (together with Dembo Konte)
  • 1992 - Same Sun, Same Moon (with Rudiger Opperman)

literature

  • Simon Broughton: World Music: [with 2000 CD recommendations; from salsa to soukous, from cajun to calypso; ... the ultimate manual] Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2000, ISBN 3-476-01532-7
  • Hauke ​​Dorsch: Global Griots: Performance in the African Diaspora Lit Verlag, Münster, Hamburg, Berlin, 2006, Münster 2006, ISBN 3-8258-8977-7 (Contributions to Africa Research 23), (At the same time: Hamburg; Univ., Diss. , 2002).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Cora Connection Music Catalog ( Memento from March 28, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Rüdiger Oppermann - CARAVAN access August 2008
  3. ↑ Biography of Pa Bobo Jobarteh ( Memento of the original dated November 3, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed August 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kairakundaarts.org
personal data
SURNAME Jobarteh, Malamini
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian musician
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Gambia
DATE OF DEATH July 31, 2013
Place of death Brikama , Gambia