Brikama Griots

[@Njoofene]

My late uncle Malamin Jobarteh. May his soul continue to rest in peace.

[@darkbluesoul]

I am american studying african music, so forgive me if I am inaccurate, but Griots are historians in the tradition of oral histories. They are amazingly accurate and carry the history of the region as well as local history, even gossip. The Kora is a 21 string harp made with a gourd, a beautiful instrument.

[@fatoumatabrenner-fatajo4315]

Yes you are right

[@manmare4080]

Exactly

[@ebrimajallow9631]

Oral history is not very accurate, but it has some history, remember they work with kings, the King would possibly try to change to story to make themselves look better.

[@charlessutton9103]

Of the Berbers. The traditional forms are 20000 years old, likely taught through call & response. This music is the Higgs Boson of western music, particularly the blues of America, traced to the Mississippi Delta, Alabama, and the Crescent City.

[@charlessutton9103]

​@@ebrimajallow9631 Wow you are so right And how was the Bible taught to the illiterate? 😮

[@pabobojobarteh748]

I thanks all of you for your kind liked and opinions and may Allah continue to have mercy on my Dad's soul and to be rest of all our departed souls Amen

[@pennineranger8820]

Salaam Alei wadji wadji, Nanga def? Hello Pa, I hope you are keeping well. Pink Toumani

[@Recordstak]

That's my Kora Teacher Malamini Jobarteh singing in the purple!

[@drpepperr]

Kane Mathis It is a beautiful djelaba.

[@omnaysayer]

someone save this elsewhere. this cannot be lost, not ever.

[@pinktoumani]

Actually that would be copyright theft!

[@007brama]

I already saved it and shared it on my facebook.

[@moneymule8209]

Replying nearly 10 years after it was released... I feel like i'm talking to a very wise person.

[@biddylisduff]

@@pinktoumani Seriously, there needs to be a permanent Archive of these musicians, they are so important to the history of the region. Also, a record of life in the places where the videos are recorded, everyday people passing by. The sound quality is amazing, considering they are recorded outside and so atmospheric. I am working my way through the videos, places that I visited early 1990's shown here, including Brikama and Bakau. This takes me back to first hearing Kora playing live, and meeting someone who made Kora and Djembe drums as he called them. I still have two of the drums I bought from different people in The Gambia, they are very precious to me, works of Art. Thank you for recording and sharing these important people for us to learn from.

[@siffaijobarteh367]

rest in peace daddy i always miss you each time i watch these tape

[@omarjobegassama]

Surely his gentle souls will rest in perfect peace till we meet him in jannah

[@siffaijobarteh367]

Thanks a lot Omar may god answers to your prayers.. Amen

[@bubatouray2149]

My blood run cool n tears falling

[@siffaijobarteh367]

I know honestly buba we lost a big thing in the family. Sometimes the family mest up there is no one to make them understand except your father may he lives long inshalla

[@siffaijobarteh367]

Tho he never gi to school but he tried a little bit to be able to say things that he wants. I think that's what matters most.R.I.P DADDY

[@Risnotmean]

This is a beautiful piece of art. I'm so grateful to the artists who've made it available here.

[@proman1926]

I am so proud to know that I have roots in the Songhai empire. I am so proud to be an Africa. Griot songs tell stories from long ago to the modern times.

[@k__ber2553]

Ok

[@ignaciopena8532]

kora has kind of a healing effect, simply moving!!

[@mansourgaye5298]

الله يرحمك يا شيخ مالامين! ذا هو الفن الحقيقي بمعناه الأصلي. أحسنت وأحسن أولادك، الله يساعدهم ويسهل لهم حمل وحفظ هذا التراث الأصيل للأجيال القادمة. آمين يا رب العالمين...

[@Sahelianpirate]

I miss Gambia so much !

[@addyla7200]

Blues and rap music come from Africa, indeed!

[@pedroguadiana]

Simply beautiful. Greetings from Mexico

[@bobholmanpoet]

I will never forget my visit to Brikama with Papa Susso!

[@lebaolbaoltigui2599]

la maniere dont le vieux calme les ardeurs de sa femme et la retenir dans le rythme à suivre, est pleine d'elegance........ses enfants qui suivent le geste, sourient....Ce n'est pas griot qui veut...

[@karambisto]

mon cher ami tu à tout vu

[@lebaolbaoltigui2599]

+Karamba Cisse MandeMori , abegnadi ? cortantè ? jaajeuff waay ,......

[@biraneniang9316]

bien dit,ya dégue copain

[@pinktoumani]

It's called a kora - the 21 stringed West African 'harp-lute' of the Mande (aka Mandinka, Mandingo and Malinke) ethnic group played by members of one of the four Jali or Griot (hereditary musician) families: Kuyate, Jobarteh (or Djiabate), Suso (or Cissoko) and Konte (or Conte/Conteh). The drum which looks a bit like a conga is actually a Sabarro (Mandinka drum) or a Sabar which is a drum belonging to the Wollof ethnic group of Senegal/Gambia

[@TheHijabfatima]

pinktoumani everything is correct but the mandinka drum is called tang tangu

[@hayden9322]

Thx

[@AB-yj9kg]

Mind blown

[@cloiruetil-hugoaudier6370]

Do you know what the text is about ?

[@gabrielvasto]

The kora is an absolute beast of an instrument

[@babilimanssa843]

Ne perdez pas cette tradition, c'est l'Afrique que vous détenez a travers ces mélodies !

[@TheDustyWilk]

griots were the forerunners to hip-hop! sounds weird right? But the tradition of oral history sang over music was passed on to Jamaican musicians, who utilized this in dancehall music, which eventually found its way to south bronx. the rest is history.

[@Codi892]

It's not just a jamaican thing. In the African America community its called signifying or the signifying monkey. Where you make clever rhymes that sometimes have double meanings.

[@CommuneRecords]

Fantastic stuff - thank you for the music

[@eldiablo.8069]

I am trying to learn the roots of rap and this is great

[@marcussfebruary9104]

Swim through African music my brother.

[@bluesmusicandwhatnot2845]

@Benjamin Ornelas Flyting was a contest of insulting that was sometimes delivered poetically, not in a rhythmic manner over music. Furthermore, there is nothing historically connecting rap to flyting. Rapping, which developed from "emceeing" in the late 1970s, has stronger roots in Jamaican toasting, which in itself has roots in West African griot traditions, such as praise singing and spoken word delivery styles.

[@Codi892]

@Benjamin Ornelas lol no the fuck it didn't

[@edena2058]

Same for I am teaching music and want to teach to my students the link between this and rap music.

[@kobbybold9814]

@@bluesmusicandwhatnot2845 the people who starting toasting said they got it from listening to American radio disc jockeys.

[@mahagonyprincemahagony3793]

respect and love from SUDAN 😍

[@kankamoussa1957]

Thank you from England.

[@mahagonyprincemahagony3793]

@@kankamoussa1957 You're most welcome dear

[@bambamass9550]

Rest in perfect peace daddy may Allah give you Jannatul fidrasu

[@TreyPDB]

beat was 🔥 no modern producers can even emulate this

[@johncrowley1203]

My greetings to Siffai. Greatly saddened to hear of your father's passing, he was one of the finest human beings I have ever met. My best wishes to you and your family.

[@BabatheStoryteller]

What a beautiful rendition of Kelefaba! Thanks for posting this.

[@johnmclean8167]

To the roots! I'm not a musicologist, just a drunk bastard tryna hear some sick local music. (Yes, I understand this is where rock n' roll started.) Telling stories and wailin...

[@ZDKzap]

really beautiful performance, thank you for sharing this

[@down2earthjarju230]

Allihamdullahe greatly appreciated it our home culture 🙏🙏🙏📿📿 may almighty Allah protections and guidance us all Amin Amin Amin Amin Amin Amin 💙💙💙

[@artispain]

boy is this beautiful

[@amsterdanjah]

good song, ALLAH 'U AKBAR, i'm glad to see it, n' feell my african roots singing so beatyfull, tnx 4 post!!! HAUSA BRASIL!!!

[@onirofficial7540]

Origini del Rap ! Commuovente! Respect!

[@CoeurSen1987]

toujours plaisant de s'évader sur ces musiques qui me font voyager.... merci!!!

[@laminekouyate8832]

J'apprécie beaucoup cette prestation ❤❤❤❤

[@lisanoel7529]

they got some music there

[@Titan_Mars]

Great music! I'm coming back soon brikama! Danny dabba

[@aydepatricialunacalderon4330]

No conocía nada de estas costumbres africanas me parece bien bello aunque no entiendo nada por aquello del idioma, aquí en Colombia también tenemos nuestras contadoras de historias y también es muy bello.

[@Spritofjazz]

This is absolutely amazing

[@coolhype]

One of the BEST videos EVER on KZbin! F'real!

[@amberessencemyrrha9809]

This is just Amazing Flowing Beautiful!!!! 🌷🌷🌷🌷

[@TiemtoreHamed]

Tout le corps, toutes parties du corps, puissance

[@victorherrera945]

No entiendo prácticamente nada pero siento afinidad a los ritmos, a los tonos de voces y al bello sonido del instrumento de cuerdas que desconozco por completo. Muy interesante

[@bitasnsons]

A veces no necesitamos entender. La música, aunque no convencional, se basta por sí solaes. Yo tampoco entiendo el idioma y soy de africa occidental.

[@prapicella]

Thank you from NJ. amazing rhythm, magical sound.

[@gemstoneskingdom1944]

SOULar..... Beautiful... Asé !

[@mobutuseseseko2989]

best African song

[@renee5506]

The one in purple reminds me of my pop pop

[@TiemtoreHamed]

Tu réveil les ancêtres. Tu es bon

[@massambajeanrichard4272]

Now, I understand why their foreparents could not forget this oral tradition during slavery. I' ve just discovered the origin of this music named blues by the colonists...!!! Always the story telling !

[@frkntml]

Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@jemjem1317]

Gran respeto del seños en como le dio la clave para quevla ejecutara wooo !!!

[@Anochrist]

rediculously beautiful

[@deborahtouchette6165]

This is so cool, it our song the Nyanchors which are the Mannehs and the Sannehs

[@ChefJoannaAlexis]

Amazing!!!

[@drazankornet145]

. . Salia - so beautyfull

[@Zovalista]

electric effect through my body, awesome

[@moneymule8209]

3:49 official lyrics: *Bacon fatty* *Bacon fatty* *tell ya auntie bacon fattty* *what is bacon fatty?* *America.* Enough said. This man is a true artist.

[@opium1250]

💀😭😭😭

[@moneymule8209]

@@opium1250 man I have no idea how I got to this song years ago, I don't understand anything they are saying but I loved listening to it anyways

[@kingbuba5263]

RIP grast father

[@ousmanbahousmanbah9729]

I love this

[@kareneverett125]

Love this !!!!

[@playevolucion364]

El origen de lo que conocemos como Hip Hop.

[@Sahelianpirate]

y del blues/jazz

[@zzzwy777]

Far out.I love it.

[@wildlifegardenssydney7492]

Wonderful

[@ragazzi25]

beautiful music!

[@its_maajula]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@tokatasrapchile]

Creo que estoy a un buen nivel de investigación propia, sobre el entendimiento de la raíz del Hip Hop (Sobre todo del Rap) y otros géneros como el Jazz. Es increíble, alucinante; el ir descubriendo poco a poco, desde el punto de vista de la antítesis; su variedad y la filosofía de la historia musical. Saludos desde Chile

[@mandinka323]

Ali ning baara, ali ning ke, jatoolu!!! Ali yaa kata le. Nying diyaabata le ali la kango, ali la kora aning djembe kosoo bee ka diyaa le.

[@renee5506]

This is funny to me I see African Americans in this in our goofy tales and sense of humor Thank you for this video as I find my ancestors I took a dna test

[@Rorodrigue]

very cool, like it. le genie musical

[@frankfitzpatrick1568]

Are the people Griots, Jali? Wonderful music!

[@zzzwy777]

Outstanding.

[@jean-paulheuga6360]

C'est très beau.

[@TiemtoreHamed]

Puissant

[@TiemtoreHamed]

Allah barka

[@bassisay4392]

Wonders

[@TheJakedead]

hermosoo

[@nchant]

this is amazing

[@yessicallanquimanr.966]

Esta súper bueno

[@seemapatel981]

Wow

[@yehru]

Google "Kelefa Ba traditional kora song" - there is a rough translation online.

[@lancinekeita468]

Alu ni ke! Thanks.

[@zoumountchimusic]

THE KORA WAS AN INSTRUMENT USED BY MALIBERO TO OPEN A WAY TO FREE THE HUMAN OF LAKE OF BALANCE TO FIND LOVE, TO GIVE MORE AND RECEIVE LESS AND BE BLESS

[@evucia]

awesome!!

[@crownites]

NATURAL AFRIKAN MYSTIC......

[@TiemtoreHamed]

On rit, elle encore bien

[@balluduku]

Yes.

[@sususze]

they are very cool!

[@guydechalus4561]

sususze it’s the motherland of cool.

[@joaoflv]

Muito Legal

[@MrSpanky87]

this is so cool - wish i could understand :(

[@louangeturner3521]

That's the beginning of music

[@hikhalem5305]

São Miguel Quixeramobim Ceará

[@МихаилТарасов-д8е]

This is a medieval blues

[@Risingsun294]

Roots of Ny hip hop

[@eddyc4603]

And rock'n'roll. Lots in common with celtic and northern European music, too? Folk and a lot of classical... You could even get into a fair bit of South-East Asian / Japanese music. Stuff doesn't end. Not sure if simply common roots thoooousands of years ago with a lot of back and forth since then... At some point there is also something "sacred" to it, bound to be or borderline inevitable? As in... This just makes our hearts and bodies vibrate and would have come out, one way or another... By the way, it works with birds, too! Any sort of kora and Malian music - look out for birds chipping alongside outside - not kidding. Talk about universal.

[@profondeville]

O ! Pays ....Oh ! beau peuple du Djoloff..........

[@JUANCHOHERIDO]

The origen of hip hop and rap.

[@oeterke]

Great!

[@sillahsillah225]

nice

[@ПавелПавлов-у6л]

Интересно как называется большой струнный инструмент справа? Красиво он звучит.

[@SAChoirgirl]

Does anyone know who the karignan player in this video is?

[@omnaysayer]

what is he saying? what is the chorus? please, i'm in the dark.

[@alagiejatta7223]

joaquim machado they are saying in the chorus(mindalo bangta mindalo bangta kelefa bala mindala bangta)meaning the Drinking Bear of Kelefaba has finish.Kelefaba was a great Battle Warrior.hope you will understand ?

[@omnaysayer]

so, this is a story about a great warrior?

[@alagiejatta7223]

joaquim machado yes in those days the griot use to sing for the Battle warriors,So Kelefa was one of the Battle warrior.

[@pinktoumani]

The story is about a warrior prince called Kelefa Saane from what is now Guinea Bissau, who travelled to The Gambia to fight in an ongoing war and 'prove' himself. On his journey he tried to 'pick fights' with other leaders on the way but nobody wanted to fight him. Even when he got to The Gambia neither of the two warring parties wanted him to fight for them as a marabout man had foretold that he would die in battle and neither king wanted Kelefa's death on his hands. Kelefa survived the battle but as he was sitting on his horse under a tree, he was killed with an arrow by someone hiding up in the tree. This is a very brief summary. The whole story takes a couple of hours to tell. You can hear the middle third of it, told by Dembo Konteh (with Pa Bobo Jobarteh on kora) , on two more of videos, filmed on the same visit to Brikama as this one.

[@alagiejatta7223]

pinktoumani ,thanks for the