Salieu Suso

Salieu Suso was born into a family of Griots or Jali, traditional musicians and historians from Gambia, West Africa. He was trained to play the kora by his father Alhaji Musa Makang Suso, a renowned kora player of that region and descendant of Jali Mady Wuleng Suso, the originator of the kora instrument. Salieu learned the kora while studying the genealogy and history of the Mandinka people. By the age of 15, Salieu had become a master.