Ekona Diatta Plays a Medly of Songs on the Jola Akonting, a Banjo Ancestor - VIDEO

Ekona Diatta Plays a Medly of Songs on the Jola Akonting, a Banjo Ancestor - Video

PUBLISHED: Apr 28, 2015

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This selection was vidoed in 2007, during a visit to the Gambia, where I had gone to learn the akonting. Ekona visited me in Bakadaji Hotel, located in Kololi, The Gambia, and played for me, and now for you.

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Ekona Diatta Plays a Medly of Songs on the Jola Akonting, a Banjo Ancestor

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