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Bowed string instrument From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The term African fiddle may be applied to any of several African bowed string instruments.
Instruments
- Luo orutu
- Luo orutu, or simply "orutu",[1] is the one-stringed fiddle[1] of East Africa.[2] It is typically accompanied by Nyatiti lyre, Bul drums, the Nyangile sound box, Ongeng'o metal rings, Asili flute, and the Oporo horn.[1]
- Gongey
- Gonjey music is found amongst the Dagomba people of Northern Ghana, which is in West Africa[3] and is known to the West through modern proponents such as Kenge Kenge[4] and the ethnomusicological archival activities of Nana Kimati Dinizulu, son of the late Nana Opare Dinizulu. According to published archival footage Talensi people who are located in the Upper Eastern Region of Ghana and in Burkina Faso. The gonje is constructed from "a gourd, lizard skin, stick and... a horsehair bow".[5]
- "Fiddle tube"
- The so-called "fiddle tube" of Uganda is also referred to as "endingidi".[6]
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Ethnomusicology
Self-described "culture bearer"[7] Jacqueline Cogdell DjeDje of the University of California, Los Angeles[2] broke new ground in ethnomusicology with her study of "fiddle" music of the Luo of Kenya. Citing Kwame Anthony Appiah, she rejects "nativist nostalgia . . . largely fueled by that Western sentimentalism so familiar after Rousseau".[8] This is consistent with trends which urge caution when introjecting cultural stereotypes.[9] Following her earlier academic studies, she released Fiddling in West Africa Touching the Spirit in Fulbe, Hausa, and Dagbamba Cultures in 2008.[10]
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Contemporary African fiddle music
Noise Khanyile & the Jo'burgm C is a Johannesburg, South Africa based ensemble produced by West Nkosi that has been critically acclaimed.[citation needed] They exhibit a sophisticated multiply layered tapestry of Zulu inspired sound on his 1989 release Art of Noise.[11]
Moses Mchuno
Moses Mchuno's township jive track incorporates fiddle and traditional Soweto singing.[12]
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