For Immediate Release

Director, Communications and Strategic Partnerships

Betsy McCullar

912.652.3665

mccullare@liveoakpl.org


Communications Manager

Carey Schwartzburt

912.652.3664

schwartzburtc@liveoakpl.org

PROGRAMMING ALERT: Live Oak Public Libraries

Music of the West African Kora

SAVANNAH, GA, Dec 27, 2024 - Live Oak Public Libraries invites the community to join a free concert presented by international musician Sean Gaskell.


Details:

Music of the West African Kora, with Sean Gaskell

Monday, January 6th, 2025

5:30 PM to 6:30 PM

Bull Street Library

2002 Bull Street

Savannah, GA 31401


More Information:


Sean Gaskell performs on the kora, a 21-string West African harp with an 800-year old history. Trained by masters in Gambia and Senegal, Sean plays all over North America. The kora is is traditionally played by oral historians known as Griots. Many songs featured on the kora preserve history dating back nearly a millennia to the founding of the Mande Empire .


All programs are free and open to the public. Learn more at www.liveoakpl.org or at your local LOPL library.


About Live Oak Public Libraries: LOPL is a system of 16 libraries providing materials, programs and services in Chatham, Effingham and Liberty Counties. It is one of Georgia's largest public library systems, with a service area of more than a million people. Our mission is to inspire the community to Grow, Create, Discover and Explore.

Sean Gaskell. Photo courtesy of the artist


Sean Gaskell learned to play the kora studying under Moriba Kuyateh and the late Malamini Jobarteh in Gambia, and Youssoupha Cissokho and Mamadou Cissokho in Senegal.

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