title: List of African musical instruments
text: # List of African musical instruments
  
  The following is a list of musical instruments from the Africa continent as well as their countries or regions of origin.
  
  ## A
  
  * Adungu (Uganda)
  * African fiddle
  * African harp (Sub-Saharan)
  * Agogô
  * Ahoko
  * Algerian mandole (Algeria)
  * Amakondere (Uganda)
  * Anglo concertina
  * Arghul (North Africa)
  
  ## B
  
  * Balafon (Mali)
  * Banjo music
  * Begena (Ethiopia)
  * Belly harp (West Africa)
  * Bendir
  * Bobre (Mauritius)
  
  ## C
  
  * Calabash (percussion)
  * Castanets
  * Cavaquinho (Mozmbique)
  
  ## D
  
  * Deze (Zimbabwe)
  
  ## E
  
  * Endingidi (Uganda)
  * Endongo (Uganda)
  * Erikundi
  
  ## G
  
  * Goblet drum
  * Goema (South Africa)
  
  ## H
  
  * Hosho (instrument) (Zimbabwe)
  
  ## I
  
  * Ilimba (Tanzania)
  * Ilimba drum (Zimbabwe)
  * Inanga (instrument) (Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo)
  
  ## J
  
  * Janzi (musical instrument) (Uganda)
  
  ## K
  
  * Kabosy (Madagascar)
  * Kakaki (Ethiopia)
  * Kalindula (Southern Africa)
  * Kalumbu (Zimbabwe)
  * Kayamb (Mauritius)
  * Kebero (Ethiopia)
  * Kissar (Ethiopia)
  * Kontigi (West Africa)
  * Krakebs (Algeria)
  * Krar (Ethiopia)
  * Kwitra (Algeria)
  
  ## L
  
  * Lamellophone
  * Lesiba (Southern Africa)
  * Litungu (Kenya)
  * Lokanga bara (Madagascar)
  
  ## M
  
  * Malimbe (Congo)
  * Marovany (Madagascar)
  * Matepe (Zimbabwe)
  * Masenqo (Ethiopia)
  * Mbira (Zimbabwe)
  * Mišnice
  * Mizwad (Algeria)
  * Musical bow (Southern Africa)
  * Msondo (Tanzania)
  
  ## N
  
  * Ndzendze (Comoros)
  * Ndzumara (Comoros)
  * Nyatiti (Kenya)
  * Nyele (Zambia)
  
  ## O
  
  * Obokano (Kenya)
  * Omubanda (Uganda)
  * Omukuli (Uganda)
  * Orutu (Kenya)
  * Oud (Somalia)
  
  ## R
  
  * Rakatak (Ghana)
  * Ralé-poussé (Réunion)
  * Ramkie (Southern Africa)
  * Ravanne (Mauritius)
  * Rhaita (Morocco)
  * Rock gong (West Africa)
  
  ## S
  
  * Segankuru (Botswana)
  * Sintir (Algeria)
  * Sistrum (Ethiopia)
  * Slit drum (found throughout Africa)
  * Sodina (Madagascar)
  
  ## T
  
  * Taarija (Morocco)
  * Tadghtita (Algeria)
  * Tanbūra (lyre) (Somalia)
  * Tar (drum)
  * Taralila (Madagascar)
  * Tbilat (Morocco)
  * Tom (Ethiopian instrument) (Ethiopia)
  * Trough zither (East and Central Africa)
  
  ## U
  
  * Udu (Nigeria)
  * Uhadi musical bow (Southern Africa)
  
  ## V
  
  * Valiha (Madagascar)
  
  ## W
  
  * Washint (Ethiopia)
  * Wazza (Sudan)
  
  ## X
  
  * Xalam (West Africa)
  * Xylophone
  
  ## Z
  
  * Zeze (instrument) (Sub-Saharan Africa)
  * Zukra (Libya)
  * Zurna (Algeria)
  * Society
  * Africa
  