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Sona Jobarteh

1983 - Today

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Sona Jobarteh (born 1983) is a Gambian multi-instrumentalist, singer, and composer. She is from one of the five principal kora-playing griot families of West Africa, and is the first female professional kora player to come from a griot family. She is the cousin of the celebrated kora player Toumani Diabaté, and is the sister of the diaspora kora player Tunde Jegede. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). Sona Jobarteh is the 1,452nd most popular composer (down from 1,441st in 2024), the 7,248th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 7,095th in 2019) and the 108th most popular British Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Sona Jobarteh ranks 1,452 out of 1,451. Before her are Bombay Jayashri, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Benjamin Wallfisch, Anirudh Ravichander, Steven Price, and Bohdana Frolyak. After her are Svitlana Azarova, Trevor Dunn, Murray Gold, Igor Khoroshev, Venetian Snares, and Yo Yo Honey Singh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1983, Sona Jobarteh ranks 699. Before her are Daniela Iraschko-Stolz, Veaceslav Gojan, Fran Vázquez, Amantle Montsho, Teo, and Mari Yaguchi. After her are Sherif Ekramy, Srđan Lakić, Silambarasan, Félix Borja, Emad Moteab, and Karine Vanasse.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sona Jobarteh ranks 7,250 out of 8,785. Before her are Adrian Tchaikovsky (1972), Elliot Cowan (1976), Mike Paradinas (1971), Eliza Bennett (1992), Max Beesley (1971), and Tim Goss (1963). After her are Neil Adams (1958), Andri Guðjohnsen (2002), Georgia Groome (1992), Kate Ashfield (1972), Dean Henderson (1997), and Chris Grayling (1962).

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Among COMPOSERS In United Kingdom

Among composers born in United Kingdom, Sona Jobarteh ranks 108. Before her are George Benjamin (1960), Rupert Gregson-Williams (1966), Rebecca Saunders (1967), Mark-Anthony Turnage (1960), Benjamin Wallfisch (1979), and Steven Price (1977). After her are Murray Gold (1969), Rolfe Kent (1963), Daniel Pemberton (1977), and Alma Deutscher (2005).

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