BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN NAME:Hoover Public Library X-WR-CALNAME:Hoover Public Library BEGIN:VEVENT UID:41939908-6f7d-43d9-9cc4-db5fdcafc90c SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261113T095952Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250205T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250205T200000 SUMMARY:Live on the Plaza: Sean Gaskell LOCATION:Hoover Public Library\nHoover Public Library X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Hoover Public Library;X-AP PLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Hoover Public Library:geo:33.3879503,-86.8046606 GEO:33.3879503;-86.8046606 DESCRIPTION:Kora player returns to Hoover..\nhttps://hoover.libnet.info/ev ent/11990746 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Sean Gaskell performs songs on the kora\, a 21-stringed West African harp. He studied under the instruction of Morib a Kuyateh and the late \;Malamini \;Jobarteh \;at their home i n \;Brikama\, Gambia\, over three extensive visits between 2008-2018. In 2023\, he made his first visit to Senegal to study with \;Youssouph a \;Cissokho and his son Mamadou Cissokho in the town of Saly. \;< br /> \;
The kora is traditionally played by oral historians know n as Griots. Many songs featured on the kora preserve an 800 year history dating back to the founding of the Mande empire. Gaskell has presented adu lt\, youth and family programs at over 350 libraries and a multitude of k- 12 schools\, colleges\, universities and assisted living facilities in the United States and Canada. \;

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