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Sean Gaskell, Kora Performance, West Windsor Branch

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Thursday November 7, 2024
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Mercer County Library System - West Windsor Branch, 333 North Post Road, Princeton Junction (609) 799-0462 | www.mcl.org

Music of the West African kora comes to Princeton Junction! Sean Gaskell features songs on the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp. He studied under the extensive instruction of Moriba Kuyateh and the late Malamini Jobarteh in Gambia, and both Youssoupha Cissokho and Mamadou Cissokho in Senegal. The kora is traditionally played by oral historians known as Griots. Many songs featured on the kora preserve an 800-year history dating back to the founding of the Mande empire. Gaskell has presented adult, youth and family programs at over 350 libraries and a multitude of K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and assisted living facilities throughout the United States and Canada.