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World On Your Street: The Global Music Challenge

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Musician: Usifu Jalloh

Location: London

Instruments: percussion/voice

Music: Sierra Leonian / High Life / Kumbe

HOW I CAME TO THIS MUSICÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýWHERE I PLAYÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýA FAVOURITE SONG Click here for Hande Domac's storyClick here for Mosi Conde's storyClick here for Rachel McLeod's story


ListenÌýÌýListen (45'21") to Usifu Jalloh perform live in the World on your Street tent at Womad 2002.

ListenÌýÌýListen (3'42) to Maambena Gedda performed by Usifu

ListenÌýÌýListen (1'47) to Usifu talk about his music

A favourite song:

Usifu JallohBy far my favourite song is Maambena Gedda, which is about unity. I give thanks to a particular colleague I worked with in Tabule Theatre called Adde, unfortunately he's passed away now. He devised the song and I've adapted it and it has influenced my life in a major way. It says "Make we gedda, make we gedda". In other words, let us all come together as one - and with the problems we've had in Sierre Leone with the horrific war, I couldn't think of a more appropriate song to perform anywhere. Adde called it Aambas Gedda, and I sing it all the time because it's so deep and meaningful.

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