Music & Performing Arts
Dembo Jobarteh
Musician and music-school founder
Died 2008Dembo Jobarteh was a Gambian kora musician who also played drums and balafon and sang. A member of the extended Jobarteh musical family, he worked as a professional musician in Senegal and The Gambia. He founded the Gambian Griot School of Music and Dance to teach traditional performance.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Became a professional musician in 1994, according to Music In Africa.
02Founded the Gambian Griot School of Music and Dance.
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