Alhaji Bai Konte (born 1920; died 1983) was a jali (praise singer) from Brikama, Gambia.
He organised a congregation in Brikama, but later more Korean missionaries arrived and anoteher church was established in Somita.
Konte lives in Brikama, in an area of The Gambia noted for its musical traditions and is the son of Alhaji Bai Konte, also a noted kora player and singer in his own right.
Brikama |
The region of Brikama has produced some famous musicians, including Foday Musa Suso, who founded the Mandingo Griot Society in New York City in the 1970s, bringing Mande music to the New York avant-garde scene and collaborating with Bill Laswell, Philip Glass and the Kronos Quartet.