Salia Koroma Live: Bondo Gbakpa (1993)

Salia, going strong at 90 years, sings an irony-laden long version of the song recorded in 1947 as"Salia Bondesia." In his compound in Kenema, 1993.
-Original video produced by Star DJ Production. I've enhanced the video quality (colour correction & stabilisation) and the audio (Dolby 5.1 encoding).

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• salia koroma
• mende accordionist
• mende song
• mende people
• african
• sierra leone

[you2forme1]

What a great man. His voice has not changed. He reminds me of great artist such as Papa Wemba, Nyboma, Sam Maguana. Thanks Nikiibu for your posting. God bless you. I beleive he is from the kpaamende set of the Mende tribe

[nikiibu]

@you2forme1 : His dad was kpa-Mende; his mum was koh-Mende, and he was born in koh-Mende country.

For his age his voice's quite strong here. With the videos I'll post, we shall see how his voice fares as the interview and songs continue.

[DomAleixo]

Wonderful job, my friend! Don´t ever give up this project. It´s a real treasure and a blessing to have these songs and videos available!

Emerson

[nikiibu]

@DomAleixo: It's been a while, Emerson. In any case, eu espero que você esta facendo bem. E obrigado pelo incentivo e pelas amáveis palavras.

Excuse my Portuguese, my friend.

All the best, nikiibu.

[tguy4real]

Mende today 2morrow and 4 ever....

[TheDanny1073]

I remember growing up in Sierra Leone and listening to Salia Koroma on my grandpa's gramophone ...ah yes time n tide waits no man...bless u Salia RIP grandpa :)

[PwngeGaming]

Sierra Leone Music at it's best.

[ekstone2000]

Wow! this was a genius of African musicians.

[halibank]

Wow! this was a genius of African Musicians.