The aesthetic dimensions of African musical instruments are not only visual, but aural and symbolic as well. As cultural objects, they can represent and reinforce political authority, social ...

On Sunday, the National Troupe of Nigeria (NTN) said plans were underway to produce a performance of an African traditional musical instrument orchestra. Kaltume Bulama-Gana, artistic director of NTN, ...

Essay on categorizing the representations of humans and animals on Central African musical instruments. Laurenty develops a four-part schema (page 48), which is based on whether the whole or a part of ...

This workshop offers participants a chance to discover the characteristics of various traditional West African musical instruments, such as the kora and the djembe, from a Guinean perspective. It ...