- A
kontigi or ****igi is a one-stringed
African lute pla**** by the Hausa,
Songhai and Djerma. A 3-string
version teharden is used
among the Tamashek. The...
- bappe, di****are,
hoddu (****ar),
koliko (Gurunsi),
kologo (Frafra), komsa,
kontigi, gurmi,
garaya (Hausa), koni,
konting (Mandinka), molo (Songhay/Zarma)...
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Khonkhota Koboz (Hungary)
Kobza (Ukraine)
Kokles (Latvia)
Konghou (China)
Kontigi (Nigeria)
Komuz (Kyrgyzstan) Kora (West Africa) Koto (****an) Krar (Eritrea)...
- 1946 – 20 June 2015) was a
Nigerian Hausa griot known for
playing the
kontigi. He was also
remembered as a man who did not
limit his
praise singing to...
-
Kalumbu (Zimbabwe)
Kayamb (Mauritius)
Kebero (Ethiopia)
Kissar (Ethiopia)
Kontigi (West Africa)
Krakebs (Algeria) Krar (Ethiopia)
Kwitra (Algeria) Lamellophone...
- Greece)
Kobyz (Kazakhstan)
Kobza (Ukraine)
Kokles (Latvia)
Konghou (China)
Kontigi (Nigeria)
Komuz (Central Asia) Kora (West Africa) Koto (****an) Krar (Ethiopia)...
-
stringed instruments like the kora, the
khalam (or xalam), the ngoni, the
kontigi, and the goje (or n'ko in the
Mandinka language).
Other instruments include...
- (2-sting
gourd body), the
kwamsa (or komsa, 2-string,
gourd bodied) and the
kontigi. The
instrument found some fame when it
identified by
Lorenzo Dow Turner...
- Instrumentation: aglhaïta - duma -
ganga - goge -
kakati -
talking drum -
kontigi - ****kuma - molo Turino, pg. 184; Bensignor, François and
Ronnie Graham...
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Danmaraya Jos (1946–2015),
Nigerian Hausa griot best
known for
playing the
kontigi Adamu Waziri (born 1952),
Nigerian police officer,
Nigerian minister of...
