Sona Jobarteh

**Sona Jobarteh** (an haife ta a shekara ta 1983  ) ƴar Burtaniya ce mai yawan kayan aiki, mawaƙiya kuma ƴar asalin tushen ￼￼Gambiya￼￼. Ta fito daga ɗaya daga cikin manyan dangin kora biyar masu wasan griot na Yammacin Afirka, kuma ita ce ƙwararriyar 'yar wasan kora mace ta farko   da ta fito daga dangin griot. Ita ce kani ga fitaccen dan wasan kora Toumani Diabate, kuma kanwa ce ga ɗan wasan kora na kasashen waje Tunde Jegede. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haife ta a Landan,  Maya Sona Jobarteh memba ce ta ɗaya daga cikin manyan iyalai biyar na kora-play (griot) daga Yammacin Afirka, kuma mace ta farko a cikin irin wannan dangi da ta yi fice akan wannan wasa na wannan kiɗa mai sarƙaƙƙiya 21 mai kama da garaya.  Kayan aikin wannan kiɗa wani muhimmin abu ne na al'ummar Mandingo a Yammacin Afirka kuma ana keɓance wasansu ga wasu iyalai kawai da ake kira griot. 

Ɗan uwanta shine sananne, mai kula da wasan kora Toumani Diabaté. Mahaifiyarta Galina Chester Baturiya ce.  Tana da ɗa, Sidiki Jobarteh-Codjoe, an haife shi a 2010. 

Ta yi karatun kora tun tana ‘yar shekara uku, da farko dan’uwanta Tunde Jegede wanda ya girmi shekara 11 ne ya koyar da shi, kuma ta rika tafiya sau da yawa kuma a shekara tare da ita kasar Gambia tun tana karama, sannan kuma mahaifinta, Sanjaly Jobarteh. Ta halarci Royal College of Music, inda ta karanta cello, piano da kade-kade, kuma ba da da ewa ba ta tafi Purcell School of Music don nazarin hadawa.   Ta kuma kammala digiri a SOAS, Jami'ar London . Tana iya magana da harshen Mandinka da kuma Turanci.

## Aikin kiɗa
Ta ba da wasanta na farko a Jazz Café na London, tana da shekaru 4,    kuma ta yi a bukukuwa sau da yawa a lokacin ƙuruciyarta.

Lokacin da har yanzu dalibar kiɗa ta yi aiki a kan ayyukan ƙungiyar kaɗe-kaɗe da yawa ciki har da "River of Sound" tare da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Irish Chamber, tare da Evelyn Glennie, da sauran ayyukan haɗin gwiwa ciki har da wasan kwaikwayo tare da ƙungiyar makaɗa ta Royal Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, Milton Keynes City Orchestra da Viva. Rukunin Makada. 

A cikin 2002 ta yi wasa a Vienna tare da mashahurin mawaƙin jazz Cleveland Watkiss, wanda kuma ya zama wani ɓangare na tallafinsa ga Cassandra Wilson a Barbican a London. Ta kuma fito a shirin Damon Albarn na Mali Music Project wanda aka yi wa Jools Holland daga baya.

Ta yi haɗin gwiwa a kan mataki tare da Oumou Sangaré, Toumani Diabaté, Kasse Made Diabaté da kuma BBC Symphony Orchestra .  Jobarteh mamba ce ta yau da kullun na ɗan'uwanta Tunde Jegede's African Classical Music Consemble, wanda ya zagaya Ingila, Ireland, Afirka da sassan Caribbean.   Ta ba da gudummawa ga albam *ɗinsa na Malian Royal Court Music* and *Lamentations*, wanda ta tsara guda biyu, ɗaya daga cikinsu kuma yana cikin kundi na *Trance Planet Vol. 5* (an sake shi akan bayanan Triloka, Budurwa a Amurka). Har ila yau, tana aiki tare da fitaccen mai fasahar magana HKB FiNN a matsayin mawallafin kayan aiki, marubuci, mawaƙa da furodusa. Don aikinta na solo, irin su wasan kwaikwayonta a 2014 Festival Internacional Cervantino, a Mexico, tana da ƙungiya tare da mambobi Kari Bannermann akan guitar lantarki, Kyazi Lugangira akan guitar guitar, Mamadou Sarr akan wasan kwaikwayo na Afirka (kamar calabash ko djembe ), Alexander Boateng akan ganguna da Andi McLean akan bass. 

Kundin nata na farko shine *Afro-Acoustic Soul*, wanda ya ƙunshi waƙoƙi game da ƙauna mai ɗaci da jigogi na zamantakewa. Tasirin wannan kundi yana gauraye da wasu waɗanda za a iya kunna su akan tsarin rediyo na Turai na yau da kullun.  Na biyun ta shine *Fasiya* (2011). Ta yi baƙo fitowa a kan 2021 album *Djourou* ta Ballake Sissoko . 

Jobarteh kuma yana koyar da kora a Landan. Ta yi aiki tare da mahaifinta, Sanjaly Jobarteh, wajen kafa makarantar kiɗa na gargajiya a Gambia, mai suna sunan kakanta mai suna. 

## Mawakin fim
Sona Jobarteh ta fara fitowa a matsayin mai shirya fina-finai a 2009 lokacin da aka ba ta izinin ƙirƙirar sautin sauti zuwa wani fim na gaskiya a Afirka mai suna *Motherland* .   

Makin ya kasance sabon bincike a cikin silimatin silima ta duniyar sauti ta Afirka ta gargajiya. Yayin da yawancin maki Jobarteh ya zana da farko akan al'adar griot ta Yammacin Afirka, ita ma dole ne ta sake ƙirƙira shi don biyan buƙatun yanayin gani.

Don ƙirƙirar wannan fim ɗin Sona ta bincika kayan aikin ta hanyoyi daban-daban zuwa na al'adarsu. Ta yi amfani da kora a matsayin kayan aikin bass tare da daidaita shi zuwa ma'aunin "Larabci". Ta yi amfani da katar don yin koyi da sautin furucin Afirka, da kuma yadda salon wasan griot na Afirka ta Yamma ya rinjaye ta.

Ta ƙirƙiro wani sabon kayan aiki mai suna Nkoni don amfani da shi a yawancin abubuwan ƙirƙira don ɗaukar sauti na musamman. Wannan kayan aikin giciye ne tsakanin kora da Donso Ngoni, yana faɗaɗa sautin sauti da yanayi na sonic na kiɗan Afirka. Salon muryar Jobarteh ya zana salon griot na yammacin Afirka, ko da yake akwai al'amuran da su ma suka karkata ga tasirin gabashin Afirka.

Babban abin da ya haifar da ƙirƙirar ƙayatacciyar ƙawa ta Afirka ita ce nisantar da Jobarteh ya yi na wasu muhimman abubuwa guda biyu; na farko, dogaro da sanin fina-finai na kayan kida na yammacin duniya, na biyu kuma ra'ayin da ake yi na yin ganga a matsayin sa hannun wakilcin kiɗan Afirka. 

## Aikin fasaha

Ita haifaffen Ingilishi ce daga al'adun Afirka, kuma tana da alaƙa da na ƙarshe.  Tana kashe lokaci mai mahimmanci a cikin Ingila da Gambiya,  tana haɗa nau'ikan kiɗa daban-daban, daga al'adun Turai da Yammacin Afirka.  Duk da haka, ba kamar na zamaninta ba, tana bincike da faɗaɗa tushen asalin Afirka na gargajiya maimakon ƙoƙarin haɗa su da hip-hop da jazz na zamani.  Maimakon haka, tana neman sake fassara waƙar gargajiya.  Ban da kora, tana kuma rera waƙa da kaɗa. 

## Hotuna

* Furodusa kuma baƙo mai zane akan *Gayen Magana* - (2006)
* *Kiɗa na Ƙasashen waje* ( *Shekaru 500 Daga baya* Sautin Sauti) - Souljazzfunk (2006)
* Mawaƙin Baƙi akan *Nu Beginin*' (Ty2) - (2007)
* *Afro Acoustic Soul* - Sona Soul Records (2008)
* Mai gabatarwa da baƙo mai fasaha akan *Haske a cikin Inuwa na Duhu* (HKB FiNN) - (2008)
* *Ƙasar uwa: Maki* - Rikodin Guild na Afirka (2010)
* *Fasiya* – Rikodin Guild na Afirka (2011)

## Kiredit na fim

* *Bayan Shekaru 500* (Dan wasan Kora) 
* *The Idea* (Yar wasan kwaikwayo)
* *Broken Embraces* (Kora player)
* *Ɗalibin Farko* (Mawaƙa)
* Ƙasar Mahaifiyar ( *Mawaƙi* )

## Manazarta