Konte, Dembo

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July 10, 1980

01:01:11

In-Studio Concert with Bai Konte

Gambian folk musician Bai Konte discusses how he both learned and now teaches the kora, a West African 21-string lute. He performs along with his son Dembo Konte and anthropologists and musicians Marc and Susan Pevar. Filmmaker Oliver Franklin, who made a movie Bai Konte, also joins the conversation.

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Bai Konte
Marc Pevar
Susan Gunn Pevar
Dembo Konte
Oliver Franklin

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