The mbira, also called kalimba and zanza, is a musical instrument used by the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It has a wooden board with metal tines attached, which are plucked with the thumbs, right forefinger, and sometimes the left forefinger. Music experts classify the mbira as a lamellaphone, a type of plucked idiophone.
The name Luke is a male first name and, less often, a last name. It is the English version and shortened form of the Latin name Lucas. The origin of the name is debated by scholars.
The Akogo dance is a traditional dance of the Teso or Iteso people in Eastern Uganda. This cultural tradition is performed by both men and women, who move their bodies together in time with the rhythmic sounds of the akogo, a percussion instrument made from bamboo tubes of different lengths. The dance has been performed by the Teso people for many years and has changed over time.
The Amadinda Percussion Group is a music group that was created in Budapest in 1984 by four musicians who had recently finished studying at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. Since its founding, the group has had two main goals: to share percussion music that many Hungarians had not heard before, and to perform the works of modern Hungarian composers both in Hungary and around the world. One of their key goals is to encourage Hungarian and international composers to write new music for percussion instruments.
The endongo is a musical instrument and the national instrument of the Baganda people in Uganda. It belongs to a family of instruments found in many areas across East Africa, though it has different forms in each region. The endongo is a Kiganda plate lyre, with the flat part of the bowl covered in the skin of a monitor lizard or an Indian condor.
The litungu is a traditional musical instrument called a lyre that is played by the Luhya people of Kenya, including the Bukusu subgroup. It has seven strings. Other groups, such as the Kurya and Kisii, also use different types of litungu.
The nyatiti is a musical instrument with five to eight strings that are plucked. It comes from Kenya and is traditionally played by the Luo people in Western Kenya, especially in the Siaya region north of Kisumu. The instrument is about two to three feet long and has a bowl-shaped, carved wood part covered in cow skin.
The orutu is a one-stringed vertical fiddle that came from the pre-colonial societies of Western Kenya, especially among the Luo community. In the Luhya language, it is called Ishiriri. The Luo people had a strong tradition of using stringed instruments and were known for their skill in playing harps and lyres.
The lokanga bara (also called lokanga) is a three-stringed instrument called a fiddle that is used by the Southern Antandroy and Bara ethnic groups in Madagascar. The term lokanga bazaha, which means “foreign lokanga,” is used to describe the European violin.
Spiny lobsters, also called langustas, langoustes, or rock lobsters, are sea creatures with ten legs that live in the ocean. They are part of the Palinuridae family. In some places like Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, South Africa, and the Bahamas, spiny lobsters are also called crayfish, sea crayfish, or crawfish (“kreef” in South Africa).