As in Senegal, the Mandingos are an important ethnic group in The Gambia. Country borders are quite relative in Africa. The Mandingo culture actually covers all of West Africa. Their equivalent to the European troubadours are the griots. Kemba Sussoko is such a griot. He sings and plays the kora, a half gourd with a 21-string neck, strung like a harp. The pieces of music he plays are almost all
… traditional and intended as encouragement for war, as a tribute to rulers or the deceased, or for special family matters. (GO)more
