by Bakary Ceesay | Nov 18, 2019 | Artists, Bakary Ceesay, The Gambia
Let Me Tell You a Story Traditional music in the Gambia continues to be performed by musicians who play additional roles as historians and repositories of genealogies. The Gambian griot (story-teller) is a troubadour, the counterpart of the wandering medieval European...
by Bakary Ceesay | Nov 4, 2019 | Bakary Ceesay, The Gambia
Gambia’s Music Scene and Current Trends The music scene in The Gambia is growing. Many young people are becoming active in music, building their careers and working towards creating a livelihood through the art of music, and now official steps are being taken to...