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Suso, Foday Musa

LC control no.n 87803353
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Personal name headingSuso, Foday Musa
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Variant(s)Suso, Musa
Suso, F. M. (Foday Musa)
Musa Suso, Foday
Associated countryGambia United States
LocatedChicago (Ill.) Seattle (Wash.)
Birth date1953-12-09
Place of birthSarre Hamadi (Upper River Division, Gambia)
Upper River Division (Gambia)
Profession or occupationGriots
Composers Music teachers
Kora players
Found inHis Hand power [SR] p1974: labels, container (Foday Musa Suso) program notes (Musa Suso) inner liner (F.M. Suso)
Foday Musa Suso website, May 29, 2013 (musician and Mandingo griot from Gambia; kora player and teacher, composer; moved to Chicago in 1977; has since collaborated with many musicians, including Herbie Hancock, Bill Laswell, Pharaoh Sanders, Philip Glass, the Kronos Quartet, Jack De Johnette, and Paul Simon; currently lives in Seattle, Washington)
   <http://www.fmsuso.com/biography.html>
Wikipedia, viewed Feb. 8, 2024 (Foday Musa Suso; b. Dec. 9, 1953 in Sarre Hamadi village, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of The Gambia; member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a griot)
Powaqqatsi [VR] 2002: credits (Foday Musa Suso; performer of kora, balafon, dousongoni, nyanyer, kari yan)