Interesting details of the construction of a Rongo xylophone in the Sudan has been sent us by Mr. David Evans who, for many years, was a member of the Sudan Political Service. The extract he sends is taken from the Sudan Notes and Records, Vol. XXVIII, 1947 (pp. 179-181) and was written by Faustino Roro Kamitin, who is a member of the Gbaya tribe and son of the hereditary maker of the rongo for his clan
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There are two main types of xylophone in Buganda, the most important of the kingdoms north of Lake V...
In the last issue of this Journal there was an account of a traditional instrumentalists’ course con...
Perhaps the most active of all field workers in African music at the present time is Mr. Gerhard Kub...
A promising new development in American studies of African music was initiated recently when a six-w...
Extract from letter from Mr. Owen Barton of the Ministry of Culture and Community Development, P.O. ...
I visited many parts of Uganda, with the exception of West Nile, and almost everywhere I was struck ...
We recorded several pan-pipe ensembles (EnkwanyJ) formed by rather young people in all sorts of soci...
There are many African musical instruments scattered throughout Kenya. In some cases it appears that...
The amadinda and akadinda xylophone music of Buganda1 2 have been well described in the past (Anders...
This article is a collaborative effort between a Ugandan scholar specialising in theatre studies and...
Four years ago, only one performer on the Marimba (African Xylophone) could be found in the Bulawayo...
In the last five years there has been a growing interest in Kiganda music and particularly in Kigand...
African colonialism severely stunted the advancement of Afro-indigenous science, technology, politic...
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