West Africa
5 instruments
Banjo
Origins trace to African instruments like the akonting. Popularized in American minstrel s...
Djembe
The goblet-shaped drum from West Africa. Played with bare hands, never sticks. Three basic...
Ashiko
A cone-shaped hand drum from West Africa. Wider at the top than the bottom. The goat skin ...
Talking Drum
An hourglass-shaped drum that can mimic speech tones. The pitch changes by squeezing the c...
Shekere
A gourd covered in a net of beads or shells. Shaken or struck for different sounds. Over 6...