The Role of Music in the World

You play the chora, an instrument that's often described as an african harp. It's made from a long neck, 21 nylon strings and a body like a guitar body but much rounder because it's made from a hollowed calabash squash. You're a pioneer in the sense that this is a hereditary greo tradition that's handed down from father to son for seven centuries now. And you're the first female cora virtuoso. So how do you think about that, that the varieties of music around the world also tell us who we are as a specific sub culture? If one limits the conversation to its ortance in terms of personal identity and sense