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.

[@lloydminster4]

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.

[@niajekevo]

Carry on my broda!

[@marcinrogala9764]

Gambia the very heart of Africa, but eerybody thinks for self...

[@michaelmichael1225]

Love my Jamaica 🇯🇲 family from East Africa ❤️❤️❤️😭😭😭

[@kaviding7551]

And a Jamaican living in Jamaica experiencing the same. What a music sweet mi Idren!

[@jamesxanthios1317]

Wa gwan Michael from a fellow Canadian. This music transcends location, time, and race - it’s simply beautiful. But why leave beautiful Jamaica for the frozen climate of Canada - Canada is too cold.

[@kamzeumboudomesperancelafo7169]

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 🇨🇲❤️

[@alasansilla4693]

Sorry but Djarabi doesn't mean that.

[@kamzeumboudomesperancelafo7169]

@@alasansilla4693 Actually the word Djarabi cuts across many African languages and in one of these languages (lingala i think), Djarabi means beloved. Now i don't know to what language you are referring to but it doesn't necessarily mean that my own meaning is false. I suggest you go do some research like i did. Meanwhile I'll maintain that word and it's meaning for my daughter's name. Thanks for your reaction though.

[@deanl0]

@@kamzeumboudomesperancelafo7169 It's a great name and you don't have to be so polite avec les casseurs d'Esprit.. Alasan is being Silly here

[@degerrgat5485]

@@kamzeumboudomesperancelafo7169 Djarabi means beloved

[@degerrgat5485]

@@alasansilla4693 so what's the meaning of djarabi

[@oyugiraskin9491]

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

[@SpiPou]

Thousands times agreed. And this for the world over, every country, every small area, possessing so many wonderful pieces of genuine folk culture to offer. + With such a talent as Sona's !

[@user-mf7cw4iv3v]

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

[@jacgui1]

When I hear this woman my heart fills with hope! This world can be better and Africa has a spiritual duty to teach its brothers that we can overcome differences and inaugurate a truly supportive world. Greetings from Brazil.

[@magnum6635]

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...

[@mounkaila4534]

H I'll😅0

[@arkaglory4685]

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

[@Mauraylle]

We don’t like racist people coming in our beautiful country

[@hbabucarrcamara7570]

Our pride “The Gambia”

[@ericmugendi4196]

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🇰🇪

[@princendlovu5936]

Say it again my brother my sister. Much luv to our mother land

[@tamarad.warner2953]

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.

[@harambeegardens8705]

Agreed.

[@carmelatorrentecalo721]

💖true

[@ebenezernewton5441]

Such a beautiful comment! As "heavenly" as the song itself.

[@mareewalsh5539]

Oh yesyesyes!

[@johngibbs799]

That is what ancient harp sounded like!!

[@anesioteca5492]

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

[@jarrisylla252]

🇬🇲❤🇦🇴🤝

[@pnuema_Reactions1]

Every time I listen to you Dr Sona I feel like crying 😢. You make me envision what African would have been if not for corrupt leaders who have no empathy n love for Africa and Africans 😢😢

[@fatihakalouaz5306]

@Pnumea_Reactions1: On peut également imaginer ce qu'aurait pu devenir l'Afrique, s'il n'y avait pas eu plusieurs siècles d'esclavage, de déportations et de colonisation. Cette chanson est magnifique, même si je ne comprends pas les paroles. La musique, la mélodie et la douceur de la voix pénètrent dans l'esprit et dans le ❤❤

[@SabiArtStory777]

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 🌻✌🏻😎

[@josweetlove1537]

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.

[@BeMindful-PracticeEmpathy]

My dear brothers and sisters in my humble personal opinion Mali in particular and the whole Western Africa is the Center of universe for music That has been acknowledged and appreciated by the greatest musicians of our time from all corners of the world. And I am just a lay person from East Africa who lives in Canada for the last 30 years Just look at the list of some of the great artists from that region What a gift from mother Africa. Keep adding Senegal, Guinea, Cape Verde and Gambia of course, Ghana Nigeria…etc Apologies for some of the duplications blame it on AI 😂 1. Salif Keita 2. Rokia Koné 3. Vieux Farka Touré 4. Habib Koité 5. Amadou Bagayoko (from the duo Amadou & Mariam) 6. Mariam Doumbia (from the duo Amadou & Mariam) 7. Oumou Sangaré 8. Ali Farka Touré 9. Ballaké Sissoko 10. Toumani Diabaté 11. Boubacar Traoré 12. Rokia Traoré 13. Fatoumata Diawara 14. Cheick Tidiane Seck 15. Djelimady Tounkara 16. Issa Bagayogo 17. Mamadou Diabaté 18. Kandia Kouyaté 19. Madina N'Diaye 20. Adama Dramé 21. Bako Dagnon 22. Sidiki Diabaté 23. Tidiane Thiam 24. Samba Diabaté 25. Fanta Damba 26. Sali Sidibé 27. Tata Bambo Kouyaté 28. Ami Koïta 29. Mah Damba 30. Boureima Disco 31. Mahamadou Tounkara 32. Tata Pound 33. Kasse Mady Diabaté 34. Nahawa Doumbia 35. Babani Koné 36. Khaira Arby 37. Afel Bocoum 38. Zani Diabaté 39. Lobi Traoré 40. Zoumana Tereta 41. Super Rail Band 42. Bassekou Kouyaté 43. Mamou Sidibé 44. Nahawa Doumbia 45. Djénéba Seck 46. Idrissa Soumaoro 47. Boubou Diallo 48. Djélimady Tounkara 49. Zani Diabaté 50. Kandia Kouyaté 51. Adama Tounkara 52. Kassemady Diabaté 53. Fanta Damba 54. Zoumana Tereta 55. Super Biton de Ségou 56. Ami Koïta 57. Ali Farka Touré 58. Oumou Sangaré

[@stephenboateng9360]

Africa the origin of 🎶 music. Love from Ghana 🇬🇭

[@elkiws]

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

[@AndrewKwabula]

Hi Bro. Much love to you, your Family and Friends.

[@BabiletubeAbdulrahmanmmohamed]

Please stop killing Haitian one love from east gates of africa Ethiopia one love we all are one family

[@bakarysanneh8471]

You welcome to the Gambia

[@ekiamedia2403]

It is placers like this where we are to unite and find ourselves. Peace and Love from Namibia.

[@shadrackogweo6457]

Afrika our mother land...welcome to kenya brother....

[@ruya6590]

one of the most beautiful recordings on this world ❤

[@barbaraalmeida996]

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

[@Daviontavious]

Jarabi means "Love"

[@marcelofilho3388]

Realmente, sem palavras pra descrever.

[@josuemendonca6941]

TB estou encantado

[@abcdefjh1496]

Same feeling from morocco 👍

[@robertjleter]

Vc tem bom gosto amiga, abraços desde Suriname

[@cosmoknipscheer3776]

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

[@neliat9304]

The drummer plays calabash so well, of course they are all amazing, I just pay attention to the little details and I think he's got amazing sense of rhythm ! Ghana and The Gambia and Nigeria are very different when it comes to music so really big respect to them all.

[@daugtherofzion369]

Cosmo Knipscheer Im looking for someone who plays kora or this kind of music, in accra for my wedding?do you know any person

[@kratosandswordsofshaos8295]

+Nelia

[@Sahelianpirate]

Yes and music is manding music (gambia, mali, guinea...) One love

[@paulconrad8152]

The guitarist is not from Nigeria. He is Habib Koite from Mali.

[@rogermoore27]

Greetings from Trinidad and Tobago

[@brenmboya]

This song makes me proud to be African

[@melisadedovich-brem7405]

I'm from Bosnia, Sarajevo living in US since 2004. Can't stop listening to Sona Jobarteh. What an artist OMG. I want to hug her and thank her for her beautiful and meaningful music and lyrics. My fave is Meeya of off he new CD. N'na Duniyaa for the movie Beast, with awesome. Idris Elba is outstanding, too. Love them both.

[@mahamoudtraore2339]

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

[@stephanegronlet-coulombier408]

I'm french and love african music. Kora sound comes from heaven. We are One 🙏!

[@moussakoita4941]

@Fatimaxn Barry don't forgot north ivory coast west burkina until south Mauritania.

[@moussakoita4941]

@Fatimaxn Barry, 👍

[@Milano265]

One Love Mother Africa. Akpé

[@rayfarrah4130]

I am Somali and I just found this beoutifull African Queen with her amazing voice and amazing music. I can't stop listening to her .

[@13chidi]

Don't be surprised by the thumbs down, I've seen videos of innocent 1year old children hugging themselves with dislikes. Sona Jobarteh has a unique sound, pure and true.

[@florencevincent5635]

Hatôpè. I'm from Guadeloupe. I like it👂🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🙌🏿🥰🥰😇

[@suzannelerner1]

Here's a beautiful description of one of the deeper meanings of this beautiful song from Mali; this love song "Jarabi, from a FB post by Sarah le Kali on Wednesday, October 31, 2012...thanks Sarah! JARABI Most Kora songs are very formal and connected with some piece of history and cultural root of Mende tradition; Jarabi is an exception. However, Jarabi (meaning "Beloved"), is among the most popular of Kora songs. Originally composed shortly after the independence of the Mali Federation -- now divided as Senegal, Gambia and Mali -- Jarabi was meant to capture the new national spirit of renaissance. The government supported a return to traditional arts and cultural expressions of the many people of the region. In this new environment, Jarabi was born, has become and remains the single most popular Kora piece to date. When the French were forced to leave they offered Mali the option of remaining a common wealth under the French system; the people, so vexed by the brutality of French occupation, wanted only complete independence. Infuriated, Charles Du Gaulle order the country stripped of everything. Buildings were destroyed and infrastructure was rent a sunder. The people found themselves with far less than what they had before colonization and have been recovering ever sense. Composed in this time, Jarabi is a love song which, like most African love songs from this period, is intended as a metaphor for the love of the country, it's culture, and it's people. During colonial times, such love songs would be infused with messages through metaphors meant to enjoin the beleaguered with hope and resolve...

[@ericpaul998]

Thank you! I have used your quote as an intro/synopsis/background when sharing with my family.

[@ahmedajayi9175]

Suzanne Lerner wow! Thank you for this, extremely extremely illuminating.

[@maimounatoudjaorohamadama27]

Translation of this song please

[@baisinbu98]

Thanks for this explanation. Quite insightful.

[@zarantikka106]

Jarabi means love n'jarabi means my love which you can't translate to beloved. The kora is MANDING instrument, which The mende are sub groups of

[@alanablusol9080]

My friend introduced me to Sona and her music and I'm in love! Reading the comments I see people from all over the world, united by music and soul. Much love to you all, my spirit siblings! Thank you, Sona, Femi, and Robert!

[@johnbradshaw7525]

I first discovered the kora when I heard Toumani Diabaté play this tune during an episode of Michael Palin's "Sahara" when he travelled through Senegal and into Mali and met up with Toumani in Bamako.

[@modoujallow6644]

God Bless Mama Afrika WE still crying

[@marietousambou4040]

Qui écoute ça en 2021 !!!Que ça me fait du bien d’écouter cet chanson mandingue .... que de douceur et grâce ça m’apaise énormément merci 🙏❤️❤️❤️

[@gladysdelmas46]

Superbe voix super sont ça me transporte !! Malheureusement je ne comprends pas les paroles . Pouvez vous me dire ce qu elle chante ? 🤗

[@uluivudaratu6770]

Watching this from my Island country FIJI....it's very enchanting and calls my soul my spirit to be happy( like deja Vu I remember my past lives and such a sound)....very emotional 🙏👏👏👏

[@mo_gmbin8883]

Proud🇬🇲 THE SMILING COAST OF WEST AFRICA📊

[@berndhofmann752]

I like the cora since my first time in Western Africa. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@bubmaro8231]

Sona is the first Gambian female to play Kora.. You make Gambia proud you are the best

[@sjappiyah4071]

The Ordered Spirit I also heard she is related to the legendary Toumani diabate

[@SilkeBuchhorn]

Gambia = Paradise 🙏🇬🇲

[@nelsonmandelajunior4376]

@@SilkeBuchhorn ❤ have you ever been there ??

[@TheHijabfatima]

Are you sure? Because I know many women in Gambia that do is just that they are not well known

[@TheKEprince]

@@TheHijabfatima you have any referrals we can hear

[@fadelbads]

She speaks about love "jarabi" Mean love sweetheart, darling for thoses who are asking. Peace from 🇸🇳🇸🇳✌🏽

[@stankogelic9721]

And there would be music, a sound that existed even before silence, and then God created the planet earth

[@West.African.Liberian-my-love]

😭😭😍😘😘from west Africa liberia. Love African music

[@JoGarcia]

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

[@harambeegardens8705]

Like magic.

[@AriaElan]

I LOVE Sona, the first female kora player I ever heard. When I traveled to her home country Gambia, I enjoyed incredibly beautiful kora music for the first time. One Love to these talented African musicians...

[@tigray6880]

Listening to this song in 2020 through the pandemic and police brutality in black people, this music has freed my soul of the pain. ✊🏿 Mama Africa

[@stuartmorrissey2088]

After listening to death metal all my life this tune is like a breath of fresh air

[@whitesbujwa9386]

Good good

[@omairsheikh3982]

Check out her song Gambia, beautiful melodies

[@thetapi256]

The Story behind the Malian love song "Jarabi". Most Kora songs are very formal and connected with some piece of history and cultural root of Mende tradition; Jarabi is an exception. However, Jarabi (meaning "Beloved"), is among the most popular of Kora songs. Originally composed shortly after the independence of the Mali Federation -- now divided as Senegal, Gambia and Mali -- Jarabi was meant to capture the new national spirit of renaissance. The government supported a return to traditional arts and cultural expressions of the many people of the region. In this new environment, Jarabi was born, has become and remains the single most popular Kora piece to date. When the French were forced to leave they offered Mali the option of remaining a common wealth under the French system; the people, so vexed by the brutality of French occupation, wanted only complete independence. Infuriated, Charles Du Gaulle order the country stripped of everything. Buildings were destroyed and infrastructure was rent a sunder. The people found themselves with far less than what they had before colonization and have been recovering ever sense. Composed in this time, Jarabi is a love song which, like most African love songs from this period, is intended as a metaphor for the love of the country, it's culture, and it's people. During colonial times, such love songs would be infused with messages through metaphors meant to enjoin the beleaguered with hope and resolve. [From the webpage: hotcopper.com.au/threads/sona-jobarteh-jarabi-beloved-kora-music.4418597/]

[@michaelmaps2004]

Powerful words

[@Big_benz_]

Wow what a nice voice. Am addicted to this song. Fact u are so beautiful ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ Ur FAN'S from Nigeria 🇳🇬 🇳🇬

[@sachinshah251]

A queen & two king from the parts of west Africa passing a time away in peace.

[@Gluluman]

Mandinka music never disappoints ... the best most advanced if not sophisticated music in Africa f not the world. I saw a similar group in Seattle.

[@davidmoore1789]

AFRICA to the World! Love from Nigeria😘

[@bornincampnou]

Greetings from the Saudi Arabia. This piece of heaven is what drives me to explore all the beauty our world can offer. Bless you Sona Jobarteh and the rest of this amazing trio.

[@guletgulet3389]

Love Cora only a few people left who can play that instrument, love my Africa.

[@TebogoMothiba]

10 seconds in; and I was already in heaven. Greetings and love from South Africa

[@asmaelon6086]

Me encanta tu voz y tu música ❤️

[@harambeegardens8705]

Great music.

[@Matice.mp4]

This sent shivers deep in my soul and brought tears to my eyes. We need more music like this, pure energy and genuineness. Hats off

[@samuraijo2818]

IF I'M EVER IN A COMA,PLAY THIS FOR ME....I WILL WAKE UP

[@danielogolong9896]

lol

[@natalieokioga7395]

Ha ha. True .thanks a good one. Kora by the way is the best string instrument. Soothing.

[@nickelleraffaelle3529]

Loool

[@AbirVyvance]

HAHA I SEE YOU ! I LOVE YOU !

[@Futhi.Johnson]

LOL

[@mbilemagret2872]

I miss my Dad today because of this beautiful music RIP🇲🇱🇿🇲

[@ez-zaytouniabdeljalil3108]

The most beautiful continent in the world is Africa. I love to dwell in it till I die.

[@Gentleman2019]

Sick and jealous people giving thumbs down bec they can never be successful at anything in this world. Everything about this woman is heavenly beautiful.

[@shandizuribe]

fyi You're probably not jealous ;)

[@codeblue2532]

The haters cannot weep, they cannot feel, they cannot love

[@danquahhh]

I never worry about the haters.

[@MissRandomComment]

Flies are attracted to the light as well, remember ;)

[@2909Blue]

AMEN.

[@TheChaNar]

This is what the word "groove" was coined to represent in music....that magic moment when everything is in total sync.....synergy.....This is the magic about African music, which is always there and only sometimes in other forms of music. As a multicultural ethnic percussionist, I have come to understand that this fundamental element, the groove, is the essence of African music, because it IS in every instrument, including the voice. I'm gonna go out on a limb to say, for me personally, there is nothing quite equal to the "groove" in African music.

[@djeve-lys4856]

What a beautiful and true comment

[@obaolori]

i think it has to do with a way of listening

[@SuperJikster]

What a wonderful comment Chandra! I agree completely.

[@business610]

Ancestrial voices..reminding us...they walk with us...

[@r.fairlie7186]

Beautifully and eloquently said Chandra! I teach timing and musicality for my Afro-Cuban best friend's dance academy. There's a vibration in this music that connects our brain, heart, lungs, feet and everything in between in the most harmonious way. I love watching the joy in these musicians' bodies and their wonderful connection to their instruments as well as to each other. I can hear the origins of the Cuban music that transformed my life before and after aggressive cancer 20 years ago. This video illustrates the true secret of a happy life.

[@happy1wandering]

When I wonder what heaven sounds like, I picture this 🌅🎶🙌💞✨🙏

[@kaluhumble5343]

Much love ...all the way from Ethiopia

[@emperoraxum]

The myth of creations: in the beginning there was nothing, the nothingnesses has sound, the sound was music, in the music there was GOD! Sona..is without the doubt the gift of GOD descended from Heaven with angel like talent. Sona..thank you for sharing your gift with us...

[@ustanakjavo1247]

Long life black people and their music

[@ebrimaconteh683]

Sona from the Gambia we Gambian are proud of you

[@berhanuyoussouf6674]

greeting with much love from Ethiopia via America..

[@princendlovu5936]

Yes yes play on African child play on. My heart leaps to great leangths yes. Much luv for my continent. Yes love this. 🇿🇦 it reminds me of Ali Farka toure.

[@ninaingemann174]

❣️Love from Denmark (Scandinavia) Heavenly song 🎶

[@kejitanaustin6991]

I love music from the cabash. It's usually played during the marriage ceremonies.

[@Makmax7566]

Sona Jobarteh's music are rooted in the Adowa tunes of Ghana, compare Fasiya with any Adowa tune. We were one united people until the evil Berlin conference 1884-5

[@streetlawz3313]

I never seen a woman beautiful like you sona, you are the full definition of beauty, your voice is so sharp, your eyes so Cleared and talent is incomparable

[@hermanpapillon5838]

My skin is as white as the milk of the cows my country is famous for. But my soul knows all the colours of the world. I just love this!

[@sjappiyah4071]

Herman Papillon Looool! And yes Music can bring everyone together

[@ubuntumike5794]

Herman Papillon you said right there your soul that's the most important thing to being human the body is just a vessel nothing more

[@codeblue2532]

To all THUMBS~UP: possibly WorldDrumming in Synchrony someday///HARMONIC PLANETARY RESONANCE

[@sabzsabz6875]

My skin is as dark as the dark night bt i'm a person of living planet

[@gmussie2152]

Herman no you are not white, colour of your skin is more likely to be pinkish but your point is still valid - lol. And you and I both irrespective of not even understanding what she is saying, are drawn to thus elegant lady full of talents.

[@godisforallnevergiveup9245]

All those dislikes are people with nothing they have archived their own in life ,Please learn to appreciate and respect other cultures

[@sanmifego5753]

Sona, you are a maestro. You did not only break the barrier as the first female to play the Kora, you've got a beautiful voice plus you sing with passion. I will vote for you over and over again. You made Africa proud, God bless.

[@marenaserfati5913]

This is so beautiful in many ways. 💜 God bless africa.

[@petrichor649]

It's a thing of beauty, people at their best.

[@sinayasharabi8302]

The sound of the kora is wonderfully gentle.

[@krystingrant6292]

I love music from Mali I listen to it while reading

[@user-vw6bk4pb4l]

She is Gambian.

[@jpaultelchannel1702]

@@user-vw6bk4pb4l Malians have similar music. Ever heard of Ballaké Sissoko or the other Sissokos? The Diabates (who share the name Joberteh)? Try this. kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqi6gXZumsmbpZo

[@babasaho5787]

@@jpaultelchannel1702 It is the same people. Many West African countries were part of ancient mali. Sona and Sidike Diabate are actually from the same family. even though one is Gambian and the other Malian.

[@alphaoumardiogodiallo2505]

My tears can’t stop running down 😢

[@YounesHamdaoui]

Thumbs up from Morocco 🇲🇦, beautiful music 🎶. Love u mama Africa 😄

[@esokatli8518]

God bless you

[@lindanichols3415]

My God I love this woman and her heavenly music😇

[@samchipwanyanemapfupa4061]

I began following her after i discovered her song titled Gambia. She has a heavenly voice and beauty too :)

[@pachamamaamor]

Daughter of Afrika ❤

[@abdelrayal8607]

Vous etres Afrika, le Jazz ,Blues und Rock, merci

[@empowerman1]

The musical mathematical algorithmic dimensions of the performance are other-worldly. Thank you Sona . . . an angel placed on earth in paradise Motherland . . .beckons memories of being taken in the Middle Passage and orphaned in the Americas.

[@omoyibs6548]

OMG!! I have had this song on replay for like forever. So soothing. Truly African but yet Universal. And to see the artists enjoying the song just as much as I am, the smiles on their faces, PRICELESS! Pure RYTHM. The base from that calabash, made me buy new headphones just so I can hear it in its purest form. I definitely would love to hear this LIVE. Well done Sona and dear brothers.

[@christ9386]

Wow Mama Africa .......Mother of us all !!! Lovely music !!

[@selamawittsegay2629]

a random citizen from Ethiopia enjoying this beautiful master piece ... thank you KZbin

[@rosesebanyoni5643]

I a South African we are the same, much love from South Africa.

[@mikaib7753]

Cette femme dégage quelque chose d’inexplicable quand elle chante ❤. Mercii beaucoup pour toutes ces belles mélodie 🎶🙏🏽✨

[@HalaRiley]

So soothing... Listening from Dominica 🇩🇲

[@andrewmcdade3312]

I'm white, old, and as English as they come. But this is gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous.

[@dembasarr9897]

Love 💕❤ u sona u make us proud 🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲🇬🇲✌🤴

[@keliniajohnson9397]

This is so beautiful. I'm in tears right now

[@boukabouskhaled9731]

J'aime l'Afrique mais l’envoûtante musique de la Belle SONA Jobarteh qui joue au Kora à merveille m'a rendu éperdument amoureux de ce beau et riche continent auquel j'appartient . GRAND BONJOUR D'ALGERIE

[@GleBanana]

Idk how I end up here but I'm glad I did.

[@muninta5493]

Next level Seriously: to say farewell to traditional male-positions is breaking up with history. So much harmony and peace to go on with this music❣️

[@feniasabel5901]

Não entendo nada do que ela diz na música mas musicalidade é perfeita. Não há duvida que a musica nasceu em África. Sona Jorbateh traduz perfeitamente os valores culturais da musica africana. É simplesmente fenomenal, inspirador, sublime... define perfeitamente o conceito de música. Parabéns! De Moçambique

[@aureliojose763]

I'm listening from Malawi, Southern part of Africa just by the corner of the continent...i want to know the meaning of Jarabi 🎉❤

[@MelIssa-rb9mq]

Hello from Kurdistan 💚❤💛 Love to Black Africa ✌✌✌✌ The whole should apologize to Black Africa!!! Viva Sankara💛💚❤

[@MelIssa-rb9mq]

@Teklu I don't like your behavior

[@MelIssa-rb9mq]

@Teklu Thank God

[@michaelbrand8279]

Beautiful music! I lived & worked in Senegal, West Africa, for a year, and I fell in love with kora music.

[@nanaboakye5564]

A contemporary style of music with immensely beautiful cultural backgrounds

[@teghana4ever]

Can someone explain how it's possible to play two instruments at the same time. I mean without stopping the other. It's amazing he can control both hands at the same time

[@AmiraRichardson]

I was recently listening to a compilation of Gambian music when a song by Sona Jobarteh began playing. I was instantly a forever fan! Beautiful, melodic, and relaxing this music is everything! I will be listening to each and every video. Soon I will travel to The Gambia and I will be buying some CD's for sure.

[@justinelambert8248]

Amira Richardson Is The Thrifty Gurl In The ATL po P

[@kathyaragon6921]

Sona Jobarteh...what a beautiful gift to the world.

[@mattlodi5031]

Very good song beautiful girl.god bless you

[@moseskuria1163]

You have said it. Have fallen in love with her songs.