Papa Susso
Musical Artist
1947 –
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Who is Papa Susso?
Alhaji Papa Susso is a griot or jeli, master kora player, and director of the Koriya Musa Center for Research in Oral Tradition. He was born 29 September 1947, in the village of Sotuma Sere in the Upper River Division of The Republic of Gambia, West Africa. The Susso family represents a dynasty of traditional oral historians and praise singers. His father taught him to play the kora, a 21-stringed, lute-like instrument, when he was five years old. Papa Susso's ancestors were instrumental in the creation, as well as the development of the instrument for over two centuries.
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- Born
- Sep 29, 1947
Gambia - Also known as
- Susso, Papa Bunka
- Papa Bunka Susso
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on July 23, 2013
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