Brikama Griots

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16 жыл бұрын

Malamini Jobarteh (vocals), Pa Bobo Jobarteh (kora) and Bai Jobarteh (drums) performing Kelefa Ba.
Kelefa Ba is a traditional song about a man called Kelefa Sanneh from a part of the ancient Mande empire that is now in Guinea Bissau. He came to The Gambia to fight in a war in order to prove his status as a warrior prince, and died in the process. More details of the story and the song can be found here.
www.mandebala.net/references/...
This was filmed at Jali Kunda in Brikama, The Gambia in 2006
The stringed instrument is the kora, the 21 stringed African 'harp/lute'. The drums are two djembe and a sabar.
Malamini Jobarteh passed away on 31 July 2013.
Update 20 Oct 2022
Another rendition of the Kelefa story, told by the Gambian griot Dembo Conteh and accompanied Pa Bobo Jorbateh, also filmed at Jali Kunda around the same time, can be found on this KZfaq channel at
• Kelefa Ba: Dembo Conte...
Sadly Dembo Conteh passed away a few years ago. In the late 1990s/early 2000s, Andy Kershaw (then of the BBC) travelled with Dembo Conteh up the R Niger to meet the late Ali Farka Toure at his home in Niafunké, ‎Mali. If you can find the broadcast, it is a fascinating journey and recording. It was this that first sparked my interest in West African music.

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@Njoofene 3 жыл бұрын

My late uncle Malamin Jobarteh. May his soul continue to rest in peace.

@whatistheevidence370 16 күн бұрын

I hope you received and carry on his stories

@darkbluesoul 14 жыл бұрын

I am american studying african music, so forgive me if I am inaccurate, but Griots are historians in the tradition of oral histories. They are amazingly accurate and carry the history of the region as well as local history, even gossip. The Kora is a 21 string harp made with a gourd, a beautiful instrument.

@fatoumatabrenner-fatajo4315 5 жыл бұрын

Yes you are right

@manmare4080 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@ebrimajallow9631 Жыл бұрын

Oral history is not very accurate, but it has some history, remember they work with kings, the King would possibly try to change to story to make themselves look better.

@charlessutton9103 10 ай бұрын

Of the Berbers. The traditional forms are 20000 years old, likely taught through call & response. This music is the Higgs Boson of western music, particularly the blues of America, traced to the Mississippi Delta, Alabama, and the Crescent City.

@charlessutton9103 10 ай бұрын

@@ebrimajallow9631 Wow you are so right And how was the Bible taught to the illiterate? 😮

@pabobojobarteh748 Жыл бұрын

I thanks all of you for your kind liked and opinions and may Allah continue to have mercy on my Dad's soul and to be rest of all our departed souls Amen

@pennineranger8820 Жыл бұрын

Salaam Alei wadji wadji, Nanga def? Hello Pa, I hope you are keeping well. Pink Toumani

@omnaysayer 8 жыл бұрын

someone save this elsewhere. this cannot be lost, not ever.

@pinktoumani 7 жыл бұрын

Actually that would be copyright theft!

@007brama 7 жыл бұрын

I already saved it and shared it on my facebook.

@moneymule8209 6 жыл бұрын

Replying nearly 10 years after it was released... I feel like i'm talking to a very wise person.

@biddylisduff 2 жыл бұрын

@@pinktoumani Seriously, there needs to be a permanent Archive of these musicians, they are so important to the history of the region. Also, a record of life in the places where the videos are recorded, everyday people passing by. The sound quality is amazing, considering they are recorded outside and so atmospheric. I am working my way through the videos, places that I visited early 1990's shown here, including Brikama and Bakau. This takes me back to first hearing Kora playing live, and meeting someone who made Kora and Djembe drums as he called them. I still have two of the drums I bought from different people in The Gambia, they are very precious to me, works of Art. Thank you for recording and sharing these important people for us to learn from.

@siffaijobarteh367 10 жыл бұрын

rest in peace daddy i always miss you each time i watch these tape

@omarjobegassama 10 жыл бұрын

Surely his gentle souls will rest in perfect peace till we meet him in jannah

@siffaijobarteh367 10 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Omar may god answers to your prayers.. Amen

@bubatouray2149 9 жыл бұрын

My blood run cool n tears falling

@siffaijobarteh367 9 жыл бұрын

I know honestly buba we lost a big thing in the family. Sometimes the family mest up there is no one to make them understand except your father may he lives long inshalla

@siffaijobarteh367 8 жыл бұрын

Tho he never gi to school but he tried a little bit to be able to say things that he wants. I think that's what matters most.R.I.P DADDY

@Recordstak 14 жыл бұрын

That's my Kora Teacher Malamini Jobarteh singing in the purple!

@drpepperr 6 жыл бұрын

Kane Mathis It is a beautiful djelaba.

@ignaciopena8532 9 жыл бұрын

kora has kind of a healing effect, simply moving!!

@arminmoazzezi7141 16 күн бұрын

This is a beautiful piece of art. I'm so grateful to the artists who've made it available here.

@proman1926 11 жыл бұрын

I am so proud to know that I have roots in the Songhai empire. I am so proud to be an Africa. Griot songs tell stories from long ago to the modern times.

@k__ber2553 2 жыл бұрын

@mansourgaye5298 6 жыл бұрын

الله يرحمك يا شيخ مالامين! ذا هو الفن الحقيقي بمعناه الأصلي. أحسنت وأحسن أولادك، الله يساعدهم ويسهل لهم حمل وحفظ هذا التراث الأصيل للأجيال القادمة. آمين يا رب العالمين...

@lebaolbaoltigui2599 8 жыл бұрын

la maniere dont le vieux calme les ardeurs de sa femme et la retenir dans le rythme à suivre, est pleine d'elegance........ses enfants qui suivent le geste, sourient....Ce n'est pas griot qui veut...

@karambisto 8 жыл бұрын

mon cher ami tu à tout vu

@lebaolbaoltigui2599 8 жыл бұрын

+Karamba Cisse MandeMori , abegnadi ? cortantè ? jaajeuff waay ,......

@biraneniang9316 7 жыл бұрын

bien dit,ya dégue copain

@bobholmanpoet 6 жыл бұрын

I will never forget my visit to Brikama with Papa Susso!

@pedroguadiana 5 жыл бұрын

Simply beautiful. Greetings from Mexico

@Sahelianpirate 6 жыл бұрын

I miss Gambia so much !

@pinktoumani 11 жыл бұрын

It's called a kora - the 21 stringed West African 'harp-lute' of the Mande (aka Mandinka, Mandingo and Malinke) ethnic group played by members of one of the four Jali or Griot (hereditary musician) families: Kuyate, Jobarteh (or Djiabate), Suso (or Cissoko) and Konte (or Conte/Conteh). The drum which looks a bit like a conga is actually a Sabarro (Mandinka drum) or a Sabar which is a drum belonging to the Wollof ethnic group of Senegal/Gambia

@TheHijabfatima 6 жыл бұрын

pinktoumani everything is correct but the mandinka drum is called tang tangu

@hayden9322 4 жыл бұрын

Thx

@AB-yj9kg 4 жыл бұрын

Mind blown

@cloiruetil-hugoaudier6370 Жыл бұрын

Do you know what the text is about ?

@moneymule8209 4 жыл бұрын

3:49 official lyrics: *Bacon fatty* *Bacon fatty* *tell ya auntie bacon fattty* *what is bacon fatty?* *America.* Enough said. This man is a true artist.

@opium1250 2 жыл бұрын

💀😭😭😭

@moneymule8209 2 жыл бұрын

@@opium1250 man I have no idea how I got to this song years ago, I don't understand anything they are saying but I loved listening to it anyways

@babilimanssa843 7 жыл бұрын

Ne perdez pas cette tradition, c'est l'Afrique que vous détenez a travers ces mélodies !

@TheDustyWilk 14 жыл бұрын

griots were the forerunners to hip-hop! sounds weird right? But the tradition of oral history sang over music was passed on to Jamaican musicians, who utilized this in dancehall music, which eventually found its way to south bronx. the rest is history.

@Codi892 3 жыл бұрын

It's not just a jamaican thing. In the African America community its called signifying or the signifying monkey. Where you make clever rhymes that sometimes have double meanings.

@BabatheStoryteller 14 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful rendition of Kelefaba! Thanks for posting this.

@gabrielvasto 2 жыл бұрын

The kora is an absolute beast of an instrument

@johnmclean8167 3 жыл бұрын

To the roots! I'm not a musicologist, just a drunk bastard tryna hear some sick local music. (Yes, I understand this is where rock n' roll started.) Telling stories and wailin...

@johncrowley1203 10 жыл бұрын

My greetings to Siffai. Greatly saddened to hear of your father's passing, he was one of the finest human beings I have ever met. My best wishes to you and your family.

@mahagonyprincemahagony3793 7 жыл бұрын

respect and love from SUDAN 😍

@kankamoussa1957 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you from England.

@mahagonyprincemahagony3793 3 жыл бұрын

@@kankamoussa1957 You're most welcome dear

@bambamass9550 5 жыл бұрын

Rest in perfect peace daddy may Allah give you Jannatul fidrasu

@CoeurSen1987 11 жыл бұрын

toujours plaisant de s'évader sur ces musiques qui me font voyager.... merci!!!

@eldiablo.8069 7 жыл бұрын

I am trying to learn the roots of rap and this is great

@marcussfebruary9104 4 жыл бұрын

Swim through African music my brother.

@bluesmusicandwhatnot2845 3 жыл бұрын

@Benjamin Ornelas Flyting was a contest of insulting that was sometimes delivered poetically, not in a rhythmic manner over music. Furthermore, there is nothing historically connecting rap to flyting. Rapping, which developed from "emceeing" in the late 1970s, has stronger roots in Jamaican toasting, which in itself has roots in West African griot traditions, such as praise singing and spoken word delivery styles.

@Codi892 3 жыл бұрын

@Benjamin Ornelas lol no the fuck it didn't

@edena2058 2 жыл бұрын

Same for I am teaching music and want to teach to my students the link between this and rap music.

@kobbybold9814 2 жыл бұрын

@@bluesmusicandwhatnot2845 the people who starting toasting said they got it from listening to American radio disc jockeys.

@amsterdanjah 11 жыл бұрын

good song, ALLAH 'U AKBAR, i'm glad to see it, n' feell my african roots singing so beatyfull, tnx 4 post!!! HAUSA BRASIL!!!

@Spritofjazz 29 күн бұрын

This is absolutely amazing

@user-bi7cv4so8q 2 ай бұрын

Tout le corps, toutes parties du corps, puissance

@jemjem1317 22 сағат бұрын

Gran respeto del seños en como le dio la clave para quevla ejecutara wooo !!!

@laminekouyate8832 4 ай бұрын

J'apprécie beaucoup cette prestation ❤❤❤❤

@amberessencemyrrha9809 6 жыл бұрын

This is just Amazing Flowing Beautiful!!!! 🌷🌷🌷🌷

@prapicella 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you from NJ. amazing rhythm, magical sound.

@onirofficial7540 3 жыл бұрын

Origini del Rap ! Commuovente! Respect!

@ZDKzap 2 жыл бұрын

really beautiful performance, thank you for sharing this

@frkntml 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this.

@coolhype 14 жыл бұрын

One of the BEST videos EVER on KZfaq! F'real!

@aydepatricialunacalderon4330 2 жыл бұрын

No conocía nada de estas costumbres africanas me parece bien bello aunque no entiendo nada por aquello del idioma, aquí en Colombia también tenemos nuestras contadoras de historias y también es muy bello.

@playevolucion364 6 жыл бұрын

El origen de lo que conocemos como Hip Hop.

@Sahelianpirate 6 жыл бұрын

y del blues/jazz

@lisanoel7529 7 жыл бұрын

they got some music there

@user-bi7cv4so8q 2 ай бұрын

Tu réveil les ancêtres. Tu es bon

@down2earthjarju230 Жыл бұрын

Allihamdullahe greatly appreciated it our home culture 🙏🙏🙏📿📿 may almighty Allah protections and guidance us all Amin Amin Amin Amin Amin Amin 💙💙💙

@victorherrera945 Жыл бұрын

No entiendo prácticamente nada pero siento afinidad a los ritmos, a los tonos de voces y al bello sonido del instrumento de cuerdas que desconozco por completo. Muy interesante

@bitasnsons Жыл бұрын

A veces no necesitamos entender. La música, aunque no convencional, se basta por sí solaes. Yo tampoco entiendo el idioma y soy de africa occidental.

@mobutuseseseko2989 5 жыл бұрын

best African song

@artispain 3 жыл бұрын

boy is this beautiful

@kareneverett125 7 жыл бұрын

Love this !!!!

@gemstoneskingdom1944 5 жыл бұрын

SOULar..... Beautiful... Asé !

@supergamehead2727 11 жыл бұрын

Great music! I'm coming back soon brikama! Danny dabba

@TreyPDB 5 жыл бұрын

beat was 🔥 no modern producers can even emulate this

@addyla7200 Жыл бұрын

Blues and rap music come from Africa, indeed!

@ousmanbahousmanbah9729 6 жыл бұрын

I love this

@Anochrist 11 жыл бұрын

rediculously beautiful

@drazankornet145 4 жыл бұрын

. . Salia - so beautyfull

@ragazzi25 4 жыл бұрын

beautiful music!

@ChefJoannaAlexis 14 жыл бұрын

Amazing!!!

@kingbuba5263 Жыл бұрын

RIP grast father

@deborahtouchette6165 9 жыл бұрын

This is so cool, it our song the Nyanchors which are the Mannehs and the Sannehs

@Zovalista 13 жыл бұрын

electric effect through my body, awesome

@jean-paulheuga6360 8 жыл бұрын

C'est très beau.

@Rorodrigue 13 жыл бұрын

very cool, like it. le genie musical

@nchant 13 жыл бұрын

this is amazing

@tokatasrapchile 5 жыл бұрын

Creo que estoy a un buen nivel de investigación propia, sobre el entendimiento de la raíz del Hip Hop (Sobre todo del Rap) y otros géneros como el Jazz. Es increíble, alucinante; el ir descubriendo poco a poco, desde el punto de vista de la antítesis; su variedad y la filosofía de la historia musical. Saludos desde Chile

@zzzwy777 2 жыл бұрын

Far out.I love it.

@zoumountchimusic 12 жыл бұрын

THE KORA WAS AN INSTRUMENT USED BY MALIBERO TO OPEN A WAY TO FREE THE HUMAN OF LAKE OF BALANCE TO FIND LOVE, TO GIVE MORE AND RECEIVE LESS AND BE BLESS

@zzzwy777 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding.

@evucia 15 жыл бұрын

awesome!!

@TheJakedead 12 жыл бұрын

hermosoo

@yessicallanquimanr.966 4 жыл бұрын

Esta súper bueno

@frankfitzpatrick1568 8 жыл бұрын

Are the people Griots, Jali? Wonderful music!

@MrBah-tw3gt 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@user-bi7cv4so8q 2 ай бұрын

Allah barka

@lancinekeita468 10 жыл бұрын

Alu ni ke! Thanks.

@balluduku 11 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@oeterke 15 жыл бұрын

Great!

@seemapatel981 2 жыл бұрын

Wow

@sususze 12 жыл бұрын

they are very cool!

@guydechalus4561 6 жыл бұрын

sususze it’s the motherland of cool.

@bassisay4392 6 жыл бұрын

Wonders

@joaoflavio5966 3 жыл бұрын

Muito Legal

@user-kw1ho3ti9y Жыл бұрын

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@user-bi7cv4so8q 2 ай бұрын

Puissant

@crownites 14 жыл бұрын

NATURAL AFRIKAN MYSTIC......

@Risingsun294 25 күн бұрын

Roots of Ny hip hop

@MrSpanky87 14 жыл бұрын

this is so cool - wish i could understand :(

@mandinka323 14 жыл бұрын

Ali ning baara, ali ning ke, jatoolu!!! Ali yaa kata le. Nying diyaabata le ali la kango, ali la kora aning djembe kosoo bee ka diyaa le.

@user-gy6js7qe2x Жыл бұрын

This is a medieval blues

@profondeville 10 жыл бұрын

O ! Pays ....Oh ! beau peuple du Djoloff..........

@louangeturner3521 2 жыл бұрын

That's the beginning of music

@user-rd8xn9ij6j 5 жыл бұрын

Интересно как называется большой струнный инструмент справа? Красиво он звучит.

@sillahsillah225 7 жыл бұрын

nice

@draconite 6 жыл бұрын

that's a fuckin sweet riff

@hikhalem5305 2 жыл бұрын

São Miguel Quixeramobim Ceará

@argybarg 13 жыл бұрын

@Doleafol I think the confusion here is that this is presented as just a random street scene, the sort of thing you see everywhere in this part of the world. Actually, these are high-level and celebrated musicians in their culture - notice the related videos for Pa Bobo Jobarteh. This is not the equivalent to, say, people on a porch in Appalachia fiddling and picking the banjo or a busker in the subway station. But I agree that your original comment had only a good intent.

@user-vw2jq3to5e 3 жыл бұрын

Great comment.

@ChiccoLacerda 11 жыл бұрын

Gostaria, se possível, de ter acesso a uma tradução em português do texto acima. Caso não seja possível, ajudaria muito se você em inglês ou qualquer idioma latino. Grato.

@sisawoabdoulie5504 4 жыл бұрын

best Korea

@SAChoirgirl 3 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know who the karignan player in this video is?

@omnaysayer 8 жыл бұрын

what is he saying? what is the chorus? please, i'm in the dark.

@alagiejatta7223 7 жыл бұрын

joaquim machado they are saying in the chorus(mindalo bangta mindalo bangta kelefa bala mindala bangta)meaning the Drinking Bear of Kelefaba has finish.Kelefaba was a great Battle Warrior.hope you will understand ?

@omnaysayer 7 жыл бұрын

so, this is a story about a great warrior?

@alagiejatta7223 7 жыл бұрын

joaquim machado yes in those days the griot use to sing for the Battle warriors,So Kelefa was one of the Battle warrior.

@pinktoumani 7 жыл бұрын

The story is about a warrior prince called Kelefa Saane from what is now Guinea Bissau, who travelled to The Gambia to fight in an ongoing war and 'prove' himself. On his journey he tried to 'pick fights' with other leaders on the way but nobody wanted to fight him. Even when he got to The Gambia neither of the two warring parties wanted him to fight for them as a marabout man had foretold that he would die in battle and neither king wanted Kelefa's death on his hands. Kelefa survived the battle but as he was sitting on his horse under a tree, he was killed with an arrow by someone hiding up in the tree. This is a very brief summary. The whole story takes a couple of hours to tell. You can hear the middle third of it, told by Dembo Konteh (with Pa Bobo Jobarteh on kora) , on two more of videos, filmed on the same visit to Brikama as this one.

@alagiejatta7223 7 жыл бұрын

pinktoumani ,thanks for the

@yehru 14 жыл бұрын

Google "Kelefa Ba traditional kora song" - there is a rough translation online.

@eddyc4603 3 жыл бұрын

And rock'n'roll. Lots in common with celtic and northern European music, too? Folk and a lot of classical... You could even get into a fair bit of South-East Asian / Japanese music. Stuff doesn't end. Not sure if simply common roots thoooousands of years ago with a lot of back and forth since then... At some point there is also something "sacred" to it, bound to be or borderline inevitable? As in... This just makes our hearts and bodies vibrate and would have come out, one way or another... By the way, it works with birds, too! Any sort of kora and Malian music - look out for birds chipping alongside outside - not kidding. Talk about universal.