Sona Jobarteh – Griotess with a Future

Posted by Setumo Thebe Photography on March 31, 2014
Posted in: Advocacy.

An in-camera double-exposure of kora player, griotess and composer Sona Jobarteh playing at Zanzibar’s Sauti za Busara Festival 2014 © Setumo Thebe Photography

I was in Zanzibar between the 13th and 16th February to make photographs as part of the Sauti za Busara photography team. I used the opportunity to interview this fantastically interesting woman.

Sona Jobarteh by Setumo-Thebe Mohlomi