akonting

• Gambia and Mali to visit unique locations like the cook hut and to play with exotic instruments like the three-string akonting, widely seen as the banjo's predecessor. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
• In turn, Fleck is awestruck by their presence and the acoustic instruments he gets to accompany, including a 12-foot xylophone, a three-string lute called the akonting (which is a likely antecedent of the banjo) and palm-size pianos called mbiras. —  ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community
• That adventure features a kind of "welcome home" to the banjo in Gambia, the West African country where Fleck meets akonting players who recognize the historic similarities between their three-string lute and Fleck's instrument of choice. —  ScrippsNews - current events, culture, commentary, community
• Here, Fleck is playing traditional songs with the Jatta family in the Gambia, and the banjo is paired with its closest African relative, the akonting. —  PopMatters
• When the song shifts, the akonting zooms off with a complex rhythm all its own. —  PopMatters

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