 In 2000, Jatta presented his research findings and introduced the Jola akonting at the "Third Annual Banjo Collectors Gathering", an annual international conference of the foremost collectors and scholars of 19th and early 20th century banjos.The annual Banjo Collectors Gatherings also serve as the principal forums for the presentations of new research on the banjo's history and organology.Jatta's presentation, in which he performed on the "akonting" and showed film footage of other Jola musicians playing the instrument, made for quite a sensation.