Manoocher Deghati/IRIN. Illiteracy rates in West Africa are the highest in the world, cramping development and weakening citizensâ power to effect socio-economic and political change, say education agencies, who are calling on governments and donors to step up literacy and education efforts.
The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, English flageolet, Scottish penny whistle, tin flageolet, Irish whistle, feadog feadÃ³g (stain stÃ¡in or) simply Feadog FeadÃ³g And clarke london flageolet, is-a simple six. holed woodwind instrumentue to its affordability the tin whistle was a popular household instrument, as ubiquitous as the harmonica. In the second half of the 19th century, some flute manufacturers such as Barnett Samuel and Joseph Wallis also sold whistles. These had a cylindrical brass tube.
The model currently being produced by the Acme Whistle Company of Birmingham, England, was first manufactured in 1868 by the company's founder, Joseph Hudson. The modern era of whistle use began in 1878 when a whistle was first blown by a referee during a sporting event. Hudson, a toolmaker who was fascinated with whistles, fashioned a brass instrument that was used in a match at the Nottingham Forest Soccer Club.