![]() ![]() The Amadu Bansang Jobarteh School of Music - Gambia's first Manding Music School - Over the past two years Sona has turned her attention to developing traditional music education in the Gambia. Working in both The Gambia and UK Sona pieced together a body of work that would establish her unique position in this tradition as both a preserver and a pioneering innovator.Įarlier this year she delivered a hugely successful lecture at the prestigious Weimar University in Germany attended by both students and music experts alike. This album features her abilities on numerous instruments such as the bass, ngoni, flute, guitar and percussion, and also showcases her competence as a mature producer. This album was a landmark not only in her personal musical journey, but in the evolving tradition that she has been born into. In 2011 Sona released her critically acclaimed first solo album entitled “Fasiya”. This was to become a historic landmark event when the news Mandella’s death was announced for the first time once the screening had ended. Sona was a guest at the premiere of the movie in London’s Leicester Square, also attended by Mandella’s daughters and Prince William. ![]() This success led to Sona being asked by director Justin Chadwick to record once again as a solo vocalist for the soundtrack to his blockbuster Hollywood movie “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom” in 2014.
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