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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. A ... (West Africa) Ahoko; Algerian mandole ...
Pages in category "West African musical instruments" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
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 .
Drums used in African traditional music include talking drums, bougarabou and djembe in West Africa, water drums in Central and West Africa, and the different types of ngoma drums (or engoma) in Central and Southern Africa. Other percussion instruments include many rattles and shakers, such as the kosika (kashaka), rain stick, bells and wood ...
West African musical instruments (15 C, 23 P) A. African percussion instruments (1 C, 14 P) Arabic musical instruments (17 C, 42 P) B. Berber musical instruments (1 C ...
A djembe or jembe (/ ˈ dʒ ɛ m b eɪ / JEM-bay; from Malinke jembe, [1] N'Ko: ߖߋ߲߰ߓߋ [2]) is a rope-tuned skin-covered goblet drum played with bare hands, originally from West Africa. According to the Bambara people in Mali , the name of the djembe comes from the saying "Anke djé, anke bé" which translates to "everyone gather together ...
Xalam (in Serer, khalam in Wolof, and Mɔɣlo in Dagbanli) is a traditional lute from West Africa with 1 to 5 strings. [2] The xalam is commonly played in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Western Sahara.
West African musical instruments (15 C, 23 P) B. Music of Benin (4 C, 7 P) Music of Burkina Faso (5 C, 5 P) C. Music of Cameroon (5 C, 6 P) Music of Cape Verde (7 C ...