Solo Cissokho

Solo Cissokho was a Norwegian-Senegalese jazz and mbalax musician born in Ziguinchor, Casamance, into a griot family, where he began playing the kora at a young age. He later lived in France and England before settling in Norway in 1995, after which he recorded Frå Senegal Til Setesdal (1997) with Kouame Sereba and others. He formed the group Jalikunda Cissokho, touring internationally and performing at festivals such as WOMAD and Glastonbury, and collaborated with artists including Youssou N’Dour, Ali Farka Touré, and Indrė Jurgelevičiūtė, with whom he recorded Solo & Indrė (2015). Cissokho died on May 4, 2019.