Dinna is a song for women. Dinna means 'give it to me'. Women are the backbone of the family and give so much, as the ones who bare the children and raise them as well as do all the farming in traditional Gambia. This song honours and acknowledges the essentiality of the women in these roles.
lyrics
Translation from Mandinka: Thank you women for birthing and raising the children. The men folk are away. The rice is ripe. The maize is ripe. The millet is ripe in my mother’s farm. I want it so give it to me. Thank you for the crops. Thank you for our children.
credits
from Banjul-London,
released February 24, 2017
Jally Kebba Susso – kora, lead and backing vocals
Sambou Suso – backing vocals
Kyazi Lugangira - backing vocals
Jon Speedy – lead and acoustic guitar
Dan Waldman - solo guitar
Yuval Juba Weitzler - drums
Mamadou Sarr - percussion
Matteo Grassi - electric bass
Wayne Francis - saxophone
Aaron Thompson – trombone
Nahawa Doumbia has a beautiful voice that fits perfectly with the arrangements accompanying her on these songs. What is there not to love in this album? It's all beauty. Thibaut Devigne
A lost classic of Greek jazz, this collection of songs threads snakelike melodies through a bubbling cauldron of drums. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 8, 2019