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Foday Musa Suso (born 9 December 1953, in Sarre Hamadi, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of The Gambia) is a Gambian musician and composer. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a griot. Griots are the oral historians and musicians of the Mandingo people who live in several west African nations. Griots are a living library for the community providing history, entertainment, and wisdom while playing and singing their songs. It is an extensive verbal and musical heritage that can only be passed down within a griot family.

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  • Foday Musa Suso (né en 1950 à Sare Hamadi, Gambie) est un musicien et compositeur. Il est un griot, originaire de l'ethnie Malinke. Son instrument de prédilection est la kora, mais il joue également sur gravikord et d'autres instruments. Suso émigre à Chicago dans les années 1970. Il composera et jouera avec Herbie Hancock, Philip Glass et le Kronos Quartet. Il est également cofondateur du groupe de jazz fusion The Mandingo Griot Society. (fr)
  • Foday Musa Suso (* 1950 in Sare Hamadi, einer kleinen Ortschaft im Distrikt Wuli in der Upper River Region) ist ein Musiker und Komponist aus dem westafrikanischen Staat Gambia. Er gehört der Ethnie Mandinka an und ist ein Griot (andere Schreibweise Jali). Sein bevorzugtes Musikinstrument ist die Kora; er spielt aber auch Gravikord und verschiedene andere Instrumente. Suso emigrierte in den 1970er Jahren nach Chicago, wo er 1978 mit Adam Rudolph, Hamid Drake und Joseph Thomas die World-Jazz-Band The Mandingo Griot Society gründete, die auch mit Don Cherry musizierte. (de)
  • Foday Musa Suso (born 9 December 1953, in Sarre Hamadi, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of The Gambia) is a Gambian musician and composer. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a griot. Griots are the oral historians and musicians of the Mandingo people who live in several west African nations. Griots are a living library for the community providing history, entertainment, and wisdom while playing and singing their songs. It is an extensive verbal and musical heritage that can only be passed down within a griot family. (en)
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