Who is Mama Tamba Jammeh? Well on this episode JALI MANSA .K. SUSSO will tell us everything you need to know about the history of #mamatamba. Jali is a multi-instrumentalist and composer from The Gambia. He’s one of the five principal kora-playing griot families from West Africa – he is professional kora player based in Austria. Tamba Jammeh was promoted Chief of IIIiasa on 28 February 1928. He remained on the seat for nearly 40 years and brought much prosperity to himself, his people and family