Juffureh Band of Sukuta in The Gambia (official homepage)

West-African Music ensemble earlier also known as Super Juffureh Band International and temporarily performing as side project Dembadou Band 2009

Genres: World Music / Afro Manding / Gambian Afrobeat / Dance Music / African Funk / Independent Music…

According to critics, they are »one of the most influential bands in The Gambia«, but still mostly »[u]nknown to the Western listener. Active since the 1980s. Powered by the Jarju Brothers. Utilising electric guitar, drums, bass and keyboard to mix and adapt the different elements of traditional Gambian music and culture to create a new Gambian sound.« (Chicken Attack Records, G.B., that produced and distributes the before 2019 E.P. »Abarake Bake«.)

Guitar: Mamina Jarju. (E.P. courtesy of Chicken Attack Records)

»The band is named after a powerful historic village in The Gambia, where slaves were transported to America and Europe. This is the village where a brave slave called Kunta Kinteh was born. His name spread in most parts of the world. We named the band after this village to sustain the historic momentum and name of the village.« — »Juffureh Band is a long time band from the early nineteen-eighties. A lot of musicians passed through this band. We recorded few albums, and two among them, one was done with musicians from England, and another one with a saxophone player from Germany.« (Founding member A.S.J.)

In the beginning the musicians were dependend to construct their own musical devices. Still they welcome technical support regarding musical instruments that are hard to obtain in The Gambia for them, further they need financial support of their musical work.

Latest line-up: Mamina Jarju electric guitar, Mafougi Jammeh (may he rest in peace!) vocal, Ebrima Jammeh vocal, Haruna Jassey vocal, Amadou Tailor keyboards, Ebou Jarju bass, Lamin Drammeh drums and percussion, Ansuman Saine percussion; founding member Abdou (Sam) Jarju kora, guitar, keyboard and sound engineering.

Interested readers and musical friends, interested parties, may find on this homepage further information and contact data…

Current musical albums as the 2020 seven-track digital record »Sayaa« can be purchased at the band’s official Bandcamp profile – please support the artists, whose recordings are offered at fair price.

A Google Inc. YouTube channel presents historical and recent concert live recordings of the band.

Please feel free to contact the band for concert booking, recordings, further introduction and re-mixes of their music – help is welcomed so in the contribution of musical instruments and their parts.

We thank you for your interest and friendly consideration.

The Juffureh Band of Sukuta in The Gambia participates in the yearly Sukuta Dembadou Cultural Festival, that has been established in 2013 by the Sukuta Diaspora association and those on the ground.

We thank Mafougi Jammeh (may he rest in peace!), Mamina Jarju, Ebrima Jammeh, Haruna Jassey, Amadou Tailor, Ebou Jarju, Lamin Drammeh, Ansuman Saine of the band, Sam Jarju of Reggaemanding, Germany, Lamin Cham of Champion Sound in The Gambia and all supporters and friends of this music.