A kontigi or kuntigi is a one-stringed African lute played by the Hausa, Songhai and Djerma. A 3-string version teharden is used among the Tamashek. The...

bappe, diassare, hoddu (Pulaar), koliko (Gurunsi), kologo (Frafra), komsa, kontigi, gurmi, garaya (Hausa), koni, konting (Mandinka), molo (Songhay/Zarma)...

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...

Khonkhota Koboz (Hungary) Kobza (Ukraine) Kokles (Latvia) Konghou (China) Kontigi (Nigeria) Komuz (Kyrgyzstan) Kora (West Africa) Koto (Japan) Krar (Eritrea)...

Greece) Kobyz (Kazakhstan) Kobza (Ukraine) Kokles (Latvia) Konghou (China) Kontigi (Nigeria) Komuz (Central Asia) Kora (West Africa) Koto (Japan) Krar (Ethiopia)...

Kalumbu (Zimbabwe) Kayamb (Mauritius) Kebero (Ethiopia) Kissar (Ethiopia) Kontigi (West Africa) Krakebs (Algeria) Krar (Ethiopia) Kwitra (Algeria) Lamellophone...

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...

bappe, diassare, gúlúm, gurmi, hoddu / kologu, Khalam/Xalam, komsa, koni, kontigi, konting, molo, ndere, 'ngonifola, ngoni, tidinit Music of West Africa...

Instrumentation: aglhaïta - duma - ganga - goge - kakati - talking drum - kontigi - kukkuma - molo Turino, pg. 184; Bensignor, François and Ronnie Graham...

(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...