History of Music in Guinea
The country Guinea is a West African nation, composed of many ethnic groups. Of these, the music of the Mande has been particularly famous...
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The
country Guinea is a West African nation, composed of many ethnic groups. Of
these, the music of the Mande has been particularly famous and internationally
popular, even outside of the West Africa.
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The
Guinea’s Mande are mostly Maninka speaking. Music is led by the djelis,
travelling singer-researchers who sing praises to their noble patrons. In the
recent period, the guitar plays a very significant impact. The traditional
instruments which include the ngoni, a distant relative of the banjo, and the
balafon, popular balafon players like Ei Hadji Djeli Sory Kouyate and early in
his career, superstar Mory Kante, the kora, a cross between a harp and lute, is
also spread over. Other famous traditional music utilized the cylindrical Dunun
paired with the goblet shaped Djembe.
