Endongo

Endongo

The "endongo" is a musical instrument, considered the national instrument of the Baganda people of Uganda. It is a bowl lyre with a face covered with the skin of a monitor lizard. Its strings are tied to a piece of wood inserted into two holes on two arms.

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*cite journal|accessdate=December 22|accessyear=2007|title=The Migration of Musical Instruments: Human Migration and African Harps|first=Klaus|last=Wachsmann|journal=Journal of the International Folk Music Council|volume=16|year=1964|pages=84–88|url=http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0950-7922%281964%2916%3C84%3AHMAAH%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B


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