African harps, particularly arched or "bow" harps, are found in several Sub-Saharan African music traditions, particularly in the north-east. Used from...

The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers....

(1984). "Harp, section 6 African Harps". The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Vol. 2. pp. 156–157. Bebey, Francis (1975). African Music A People's...

(Sherburne)" from the Sacred Harp Performed by the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers Problems playing this file? See media help. Sacred Harp singing is a tradition...

enable easier playing of complex African cross rhythms on an African derived modern electro-acoustic harp. It is a double harp that has 24 strings evenly divided...

extensively in West Africa. A kora typically has 21 strings, which are played by plucking with the fingers. It has features of the lute and harp. The kora is...

named after them is the Mangbetu harp or guitar. See the National Music Museum and the Hamill Gallery for images. One harp has sold for over $100,000. Musicologists...

djembe, ning nong, soga, kongoma, kpanlogo, tama, kalabash and kora (African Harp). According to the Guardian "They are an infuriatingly jovial multi-racial...

resonator," the two arms forming an "open" harp. The harp stands in contrast to the arched harp or bow harp in which the angle is much less sharp and in...

he plays with his fingers), percussion (various instruments), and an African harp called zaa koua.[citation needed] Njacko was born in 1958 Bazou, Cameroon...

the Africa continent as well as their countries or regions of origin. Adungu (Uganda) African fiddle African harp (Sub-Saharan) Agogô (West Africa) Ahoko...

Lift Every Voice and Sing, also known as The Harp, was a plaster sculpture by African-American artist Augusta Savage. It was commissioned for the 1939...

The 10–14 string Ghanaian seprewa, midway between the kora and the African harp, is still played but often replaced by guitar. Other styles include;...

Toni Nathaniel Harp (born August 6, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 50th Mayor of New Haven, Connecticut. Harp, a Democrat, was previously...

d'amore Violin Cello Double Bass Zhongruan Harp Ancient Greek harp African harp Celtic harp Concert harp Kora Geomungo/komungo Khim Kutiyapi/kutyapi/kutiapi...

insufficient data to reliably estimate a murder rate for South African farmers. South African government data indicated between 58 and 74 murders on farms...

arched harp of varying dimensions, ranging from seven to ten strings or more. The physical form of the a'dungu African harp derives from uniquely African origins...

The belly harp is a musical instrument found in West Africa (including Nigeria and Liberia) which is a musical bow with a gourd resonator which is held...

harps followed similar organology using a resonance body made of calabash rather than wood such as the traditional lute ngoni. This West African harp...

Pomona, California. His late father, Leonard Harper, was of African-American ancestry, and his mother, Ellen Harper Verdries (née Chase), is Jewish. His maternal...

Harpers Ferry is a historic town in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 269 at the 2020 United States census. Situated...

musician, and one of the world's most prominent players of the biram African harp. He died on 21 November 2018, aged 59. Malam Mamane Barka was born in...

she was one of the first African American women to be published in the United States. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, Harper had a long and prolific...

racial groups of Africa". African Americans constitute the second largest ethno-racial group in the US after White Americans. The term "African American" generally...

Mandinka balafon, the Maures tabla drums, the Mandinka kora (a West African harp), the riiti (a Fula single-stringed bowed instrument), the Serer instruments...

The simbing is a Malian harp-lute, used by the Mandinka people of Mali, and the Mandinka and Jola peoples of Senegal and Gambia. The instrument consists...

harp, also known as a frankiphone, is an electrified lamellophone invented by Phil Cohran as part of a musicological experiment exploring his African...

The triple harp is a type of multi-course harp employing three parallel rows of strings instead of the more common single row. One common version is the...

Thomas (15 December 1991). The Scramble for Africa. HarperCollins. Boahem, Adu A (1 September 1989). African Perspectives on Colonialism. JohnsHopkinsPress...

ground harp, is a single-string bow-shaped folk musical instrument, classified as a chordophone. It is known in cultures of equatorial and south Africa, and...