Gambia: Jali Yusupha Suso: A dynamic Balafon Virtuoso –

By Yunus S Saliu

Jali Yusupha Suso, one of undoubtedly the happiest and most dynamic cultural musicians and balafon players in The Gambia who had learned the trade of music and playing balafon from his father, Mawdo Suso, a historian and popular balafon player.

Yusupha is one of the very few young Gambian cultural musicians who not only performs in Gambian or Senegambian languages but also sings in English at home and away, depending on where he is performing.

Famous Jali…