The Amadu Bansang Jobarteh School of Music is a specialist school for the exclusive study of Manding music in the Gambia. It is situated in the village of Kembujeh and was originally informally set up in 2006 by Sanjally Jobarteh and Sona Jobarteh. The school is named after the great master Griot of his generation and iconic Gambian musician Amadu Bansang Jobarteh to mark and honour the legacy he left behind by sharing it with the younger generation of aspiring musicians as a means of sustaining this invaluable tradition which has been one of the corner-stones of Manding culture for over seven centuries. The school aims to gather together the last remaining ‘elders’ in the region rooted in the Griot tradition in order to share their knowledge collectively with the next generation of musicians who would not otherwise have the opportunity to study with such people.