Marie Samuel Njie

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Marie Samuel Njie was a Gambian singer.

Life

Marie Samuel Njie was an important griot singer in her home country Gambia . She came from a family that had produced several great griot singers.

Usually their songs were accompanied by a xalam , calabash and sabar . Her songs were about social and political issues as well as everyday life.

She regularly entertained the high society of Bathurst (now Banjul ). She was also involved in the Gambia Democratic Party in the 1950s . She later performed at party meetings of the United Party of Pierre Sarr N'Jie .

Her son Paps Touray (around 1944–2007) was also a successful musician from the 1960s. Another son, Abdoulie Mbye ( Abdoulie Efri Mbye ; also Everybody Mbye , d. 2019) was a historian, narrator and singer.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Toyin Falola Ph.D, Daniel Jean-Jacques: Africa: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society [3 volumes]: An Encyclopedia of Culture and Society . ABC-CLIO, 2015, ISBN 978-1-59884-666-9 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 26, 2019]).
  2. ↑ a b c d Gambia: Gems of the Gambia. Retrieved June 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b Gambia: Tribute to the King Paps Touray's - Birthday Sixth December. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Jeggan C. Senghor: The Very Reverend JC Faye: His Life and Times: A Biography . AuthorHouse, 2014, ISBN 978-1-4918-6981-9 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed June 26, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Tribute to Paps Touray 2009. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Gambia: Pap Touray is Dead. Retrieved June 26, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Samuel Njie, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian singer
DATE OF BIRTH before 1944
DATE OF DEATH after 1950