Effective period / Period of releases: 1978 - 2005

Foday Musa Suso (b. Sarre Hamadi Village, Wuli District, in the Upper River Division of eastern Gambia) is a musician and composer from the West African nation of Gambia. He is a member of the Mandinka ethnic group, and is a jali. His primary instrument is the kora, but he also plays the gravikord and several other instruments.
Suso emigrated to Chicago in the 1970s, being one of the first jalis to relocate to North America.