ngoni

The ngoni is a stringed instrument with a body can be played like a drum, much like a banjo.

Past Crosses Over Pia Catton 2011

In Mali, you have the ngoni, which is, you know, a smaller version of the akonting.

Bela Fleck And Toumani Diabate: Banjo Roots 2009

In Mali, you have the ngoni, which is, you know, a smaller version of the akonting.

Bela Fleck And Toumani Diabate: Banjo Roots 2009

The ngoni is a plucked chordophone that looks like a ukulele but sounds like a banjo.

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The ngoni is a plucked chordophone that looks like a ukulele but sounds like a banjo.

Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local 2010

Bassekou Kouyate, Segu Blue: This isn't your typical world music: Bassekou Kouyate will appeal to fans of Etran Finatawa and Amadou et Mariam; Kouyate is a master of the West African instrument known as the ngoni (it's similar to a kora), and he braids together long strands of sound to make music that feels decidedly May 12th, 2008 said:

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"We've had the ngoni in our country since before the birth of Jesus Christ," Mr. Kouyate said in an interview with African-music expert Banning Eyre.

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On Thursday night, Lincoln Center's White Light Festival Oct. 20 to Nov. 19 opens with a free performance by Bassekou Kouyate , a musical innovator and master of the ngoni, a fretless lute from the Western African nation of Mali.

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Thomas Dorn Bassekou Kouyate with the ngoni, a musical instrument from Mali.

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Ms. Traoré will be accompanied by the ngoni and the kora, another African stringed instrument, but the setting and minimalist design of "Desdemona" has the style that speaks to contemporary art.

Past Crosses Over Pia Catton 2011