SONA JOBARTEH BAND at Somerville Theatre

Sona is on stage singing into a microphone and plays an acoustic guitar. She has dark skin and hair that is breaded and wears a colorful shirt and gold earrings.
A headshot of Sona wearing a yellow shirt and a silver and black choker necklace. She holds a kora, smiles, and looks off to the side.
Sona is captured looking to the side, wearing jewelry and white and blue clothing

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Sona Jobarteh Band
Saturday, April 22 2023 8:00PM EDT
Somerville Theatre
55 Davis Square, Somerville
$40
Reserved seating
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A modern-day griot, Sona Jobarteh contemporizes the presentation of the kora, a West African stringed instrument, by breaking gender barriers and playing while standing. Performing with an electric Afropop band, she sings about cultural identity, gender, love, and respect.  

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