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Suntuo Susso and the Gambian All Stars (supported by Morag Butler)

Suntou Susso is a multi-instrumentalist - kora player, percussionist, singer and composer - from the Gambia who was born a Griot. His primary instrument, the kora is a harp-lute with 22 strings and is unique to the Griots of the Mandinka people. Coming from a 700-year-old tradition, Griots play an important cultural role as peacekeepers and oral historians, transmitting and preserving a people´s culture through the generations using song, music and poetry. Suntou´s family includes some of the world’s most highly respected West African musicians including Seckou Keita, Solo Cissokho and Mamudou Susso.