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Nna Kangwo (Feat. Jock Webb)

from Badinyaa Kumoo by Sona Jobarteh

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This song is about music and identity. I address the need that people
feel to try to define me, analyse me and categorise me in order to try
and understand me and the externally imposed complexities of being ‘multiracial’ along colour lines. In this song I assert that my identity is rooted in the simplicity of ‘I am who I am’, and that the music I create comes not from a calculated melting pot of genres and styles but from the complex yet simple expression of my cultural identity and life experiences. Music is a deep rooted form of cultural expression, and the Blues musician playing the harmonica on this song (Jock Webb) symbolises the fact that music is an honest, pure expression of one’s identity which is in turn born from the experiences of both the individual and the collective. Although genres like The Blues, or Mandeng music can be ‘learnt’, analysed and theorised from afar, this cannot eclipse the fact that these are not ‘genres’, but in fact sonic expressions of the real lives and experiences of the people to which they belong. Bypass the history, the experiences, the identity and the culture of the people, and you will be left only with an imitation, void of depth and meaning. It is the reality of the lives of the people that breathes life into music and gives it purpose; to relate, communicate and move the listener. Music is the language of people’s lives, and my music is the language of my life.

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from Badinyaa Kumoo, track released September 23, 2022
Composed and Produced by Sona Jobarteh
Lead Vocals / Backing Vocals / Calabash / Bass / Percussion: Sona Jobarteh
Harmonica: Jock Webb
Mixed by Femi Temowo
Mastered by Chris Pavey

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