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Suntou Susso

27 May 2023 @ 19:30 - 23:00

From £12.50

Intimate gig from the Gambian griot and kora player ahead of festival dates this summer.

Suntou Susso is a multi-instrumentalist: kora player, percussionist, singer and composer from The Gambia.

Born a griot (an African storyteller and musician) in a 700-year old tradition, the kora – harp-lute with 22 strings – is unique to the griots of the Mandinka people. Griots have a unique societal role as oral historians, transmitting and preserving a people’s culture through the generations in song, music and poetry.

Suntou has played the festival circuit including WOMAD, Shambala, Wilderness Festival, Hay Festival, Beyond the Border and more.

Suntou’s family includes some of the world’s most well-respected West African musicians, including Seckou Keita, Solo Cissokho and Sura and Mamudou Susso.

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Date:
27 May 2023
Time:
19:30 - 23:00
Cost:
From £12.50
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Website:
https://www.the-vale.co.uk/event/suntou-susso/

Venue

The Vale
Unit 2 Vale Mill, Micklehurst Road
Mossley, OL5 9JL United Kingdom
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