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2. Ngoni (instrument) - Wikipedia

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   The ngoni (also written ngɔni, n'goni, or nkoni) is a traditional West African string instrument. Its body is made of wood or calabash with dried animal (often goat) skin head stretched over it. The ngoni, which can produce fast melodies, appears to be closely related to the akonting and the xalam.

3. List of African musical instruments - Wikipedia

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   The following is a list of musical instruments from the Africa continent as well as their countries or regions of origin. ... (West Africa) Kalindula (Southern Africa ...

4. Category:West African musical instruments - Wikipedia

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   Cape Verdean musical instruments (3 P) E. Equatoguinean musical instruments (2 P) G. Gambian musical instruments (7 P) ... Pages in category "West African musical ...

5. Kora (instrument) - Wikipedia

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   Kora; String instrument; Classification: Malian stringed instrument with 21 strings: Hornbostel–Sachs classification: 323-5 (Acoustic instruments which have a resonator as an integral part of the instrument, in which the plane of the strings lies at right angles to the sound-table; a line joining the lower ends of the strings would be perpendicular to the neck.

6. Music of West Africa - Wikipedia

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   Traditional music of West Africa incorporates the use of a variety of percussive instruments, the most popular of which is the djembe. Known also as the 'magic drum' or the 'healing drum', the djembe is spiritually important to West African tradition as it is believed that three spirits reside within the drum .

7. Akonting - Wikipedia

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   The akonting ([ə'kɔntiŋ], [1] or ekonting in French transliteration) is the folk lute of the Jola people, found in Senegal, Gambia, and Guinea-Bissau in West Africa.It is a string instrument with a skin-headed gourd body, two long melody strings, and one short drone string, akin to the short fifth "thumb string" on the five-string banjo.