Sona Jobarteh - Jarabi

Sona Jobarteh hails from a long West African tradition of Griots and kora players; her grandfather was the master Griot Amadu Bansang Jobarteh.

Creating her own history, she has broken from the male-dominated kora tradition to become the family's first female virtuoso of the instrument.

Here Sona Jobarteh performs the traditional Malian song, Jarabi, accompanied by Femi Temowo on guitar and percussionist Robert Fordjour.

[lloydminster]

The magic of the internet allows a jamaican living in canada to be transported back to the homeland by this beautiful music played by these talented musicians.

[kamzeumboudomesperancelafo]

After listening to this song, i decided to name my daughter "djarabi", word which actually means "beloved". Sona you are divine. Much love from Cameroon 🇨🇲❤️

[nixon-py]

Уже пару лет смотрю и слушаю Сону Джобарте в восхищением к ее творчеству... Чеченская республика.👍👍👍

[tamarad.warner]

I cannot find the words to describe how this beautiful music stirs something deep in my soul, like a soothing balm to my very bones. It is “heaven” and “home” rolled into one. May God continue to bless Sona Jobarteh, an honored griot, and the talented musicians who accompany her to create these sacred sounds that seem to transcend time and space.

[oyugiraskin]

😭😭 This is the type of music that should be played in our radios.... true African music😍😍😍

[ericmugendi]

Listening in 2020!
Being African is such a blessing. The diversity of our talents is such a wonder, i love sona and her music.
Much love from Kenya🇰🇪

[cosmoknipscheer]

The drummer is from Ghana and the guitarist is from Nigeria. Sona from Gambia. Nice this african trio. Love to and from africa!

[arkaglory]

I’am Tunisian I don’t understand a word but I really love Sona’s voice she’s amazing !! I hope I will visit Gambia one day ! Keep it up

[josweetlove]

Listening From Trinidad and Tobago in the Caribbean. Beautiful music. Proud to be an African. This music is taking me back to my ancestral home. Love the Kora sounds so much better than a harp in fact no comparison.

[SabiArtStory]

This West African music culture is addictive!
It's from the ❤️ of Africa & Africa is the 💛 of Mother Earth!
That's why so many people 🌍 from all around 💚 love & feel it 🌻✌🏻😎

[hunkpunkfunk]

I was born and raised in India. I live in USA now, married, with two young kids. I've been living here since 2008. My dad passed away in 2017. I missed seeing my dad alive by a day as I delayed my trip to India by a day thinking he had a minor health problem and would recover. Listening to Sona Jobarteh - Jarabi, pulls me back to that precise moment when I made that horrendous decision of delaying my trip by a day. I was really attached to my dad but never had a moment where I could express my wholehearted love to him. That guilt still aches me till this day. As I'm typing all this, I realize I've never been this expressive to anyone my entire life. I climbed Kilimanjaro in 2017 two months after my dad passed away. My trip to Africa was more like a pilgrimage where I could feel this pure, magical power, beyond my imagination. I don't know how to put it into words but I was able to connect with my dad and it made me realize Africa is our motherland and where life as we know originated. I'm beyond thankful to BBC Africa & YouTube for helping me discover this magical music.

[magnum]

Le Cœur des hommes est relié par les instruments et la musique, des langues universelles comprises par tout le monde, je suis né en France, je suis originaire de la Turquie et j'écoute cette fabuleuse musique, qui est une histoire, avec une chanteuse qui est aussi musicienne et des musiciens extraordinaire, j'écoute et mon cœur s'apaise, bonjour de France à tout les mélomanes, que le Seigneur vous bénisse mes amis...

[elkiws]

I'm a dominican that fills 100% african and I'm more convinced of my roots after listening to this beatiful music

[anesioteca]

Queen Sona Jobarteh I am proud of you...
Much love from Angola... 🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴🇦🇴

[mahamoudtraore]

I am from Mali, we are the same people. Thanks

[PercivalFromWales]

I haven't even begun to scratch the surface of African culture. I'm 54 years old, reading "Africa is not a country" (which makes me very ashamed of the misdeeds of my Dutch colonizing forebears whose crimes can never be redeemed), listening to Fatoumata Diawara and now this wonderful artist. One lifespan is not nearly enough to comprehend the cultural riches of a wondrous continent about which I have been wrongly taught in my youth that "poor people live there". I am ashamed for not having looked beyond such cliches sooner and yet, I'm in awe of the beauty that I find. ❤

[brenmboya]

This song makes me proud to be African

[GuzelKhafizova]

I don’t know a word, but my soul understands and rejoices, as if this is my native language and these overflows of music are a healing balm. Thank you, I think this is help to many souls.Russian Federation, with love.

[JoGarciaMov]

I'm from another continent, speaking other language but this music touched my heart.

[barbaraalmeida]

One of the bests songs I've already heard. It touched all my body and soul. Greetings from Brazil ♥️