Xalam (in Serer, khalam in Wolof, and Mɔɣlo in Dagbanli) is a traditional lute from West Africa with 1-5 strings. The xalam is commonly played in Mali...

Xalam 2, also known as Xalam and Xalam II, a Senegalese musical group, founded in 1969 by a group of friends. The band was originally called African Khalam...

are commonly found in such West African instruments as the kora and the xalam (lute). The percussive playing style is reminiscent not only of West African...

instruments include stringed instruments like the kora, the khalam (or xalam), the ngoni, the kontigi, and the goje (or n'ko in the Mandinka language)...

produce fast melodies, appears to be closely related to the akonting and the xalam. This is called a jeli ngoni as it is played by griots at celebrations and...

Wayback Machine, considered a traditional instrument of Mali; also known as Xalam, Jeli N'goni, Hoddu, Khalam, Tehardent, or Gambare Mali 2012 Trade Summary...

Hittite loanwords as well. One notable loanword from Anatolian is Armenian xalam, "skull", cognate to Hittite ḫalanta, "head". In 1985, the Soviet linguist...

instrumental proficiency. The xalam is a lute which has two melody strings and between two and four additional octave strings. The xalam originated with the Wolof...

(Southern Africa) Valiha (Madagascar) Washint (Ethiopia) Wazza (Sudan) Xalam (West Africa) Xylophone Zeze (instrument) (Sub-Saharan Africa) Zukra (Libya)...

Ṣẹ̀kẹ̀rẹ̀, a Yoruba instrument similar to a maraca, kora (a harp-lute), xalam/ngoni (a lute) and the goje (a traditional fiddle). They also serve as resonators...