- Jali Nyama Suso
Jali Nyama Suso (born circa 1925; died 1991) was a kora player from
Gambia . He had a program on "Radio Gambia" for 20 years. He had his first album in 1971 while he was teaching at theUniversity of Washington . In the 1980s he toured inEngland ,France ,Germany , andSweden . [ [http://www.oberlin.edu/faculty/rknight/nyama.htm Oberlin University] ]He also worked on the soundtrack for
Roots (TV miniseries) . Long before any of that he had been known in his native country. He did not fully live the tradition of a wandering musicians because he lost his leg at age 16, but by the mid-1960s became popular on radio. He attained enough respect to do an arrangement for their national anthem. In 1991 he died oftuberculosis after several years of illness. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&searchlink=NYAMA|SUSO&sql=11:80q2g4sttv3z~T1 All Music] ]References
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