General Information
This is good to bring you onto kora related
topics and other kora sites.
Some good concise info on the kora
including its construction and tuning. Also has an audio sample
of Gambian kora player Jali Nyama Suso and others.
Has info on a few kora musicians; Saikou
Jobarteh, Gray Parrot (an American). Also has photos from the
Gambia.
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This is a great site with some excellent
links.
A very good site from non-native kora
player Mathis Kane with good info on the background of the kora
and also has photos of a kora in the process of being built. It
has a nice selection of sound samples.
Another good site with good concise info
and a sound sample of a kora player with a harper.
This will take you directly to info on the
kora and how to maintain the instrument. There’s a chat
room as well which might be handy for kora enthusiasts.
Here you can read an article of the
www.britanica.com encyclopaedia on the kora if you become a
subscriber (14-day free trial...)
This has good info on the kora and how
tunes are executed on it.
Not much more than the picture here for web
scouts but the book that is advertised might be useful for
Mande music lovers.
Some info on the kora with images.
More info on the kora.
A little on the kora on this page.
Other more general info:
For anyone living near this club, these
kora players might return...
Recommended African music here.
There was a documentary made about the Mali
people and you can ask the host some questions.... I
don’t know how knowledgeable he would be about the kora,
but he is bound to have come across one.
This has info on griots and the griot
tradition.
Good info on griots with video and audio
clips. Also has a small extra paragraph on Alhaji Papa Susso.
You can get a particular point of view on
griots and the surrounding tradition here.
An essay on the kora griots.
This will give you links to other kora web
sites which I have also listed elsewhere on this site.
This has many links to sites dealing with
African music in general and contains links to a few kora
sites.
......well you just try figuring it out!!!!
Just seems a very fancy way of bringing you around in circles
and offering some links.
Where to buy a kora:
An online shop.
Another online shop.
You can buy a kora here and there is some
other info on specific kora CDs but you have to know what
you’re looking for.
If you want to buy a kora for $50...
How to build a kora:
This is something you can try if you have
time on your hands!
Videos of Kora players performing:
This will give you a better idea on how
they actually play the instrument.
Forum and Chat room for the Kora:
Once you know who your favourite kora
players are - go to this site where you might find a forum on
each artist - I did.
This will take you directly to info on the
kora and how to maintain the instrument - also the chat room is
handy for discussing problems.
AFRICAN KORA
by
Eoghan Neff
