Sean Gaskell features songs on the kora, a 21-stringed West African harp.
The evening will include a performance and educational demonstration featuring the West African Kora with Sean Gaskell. Sean 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.
