msondo
The msondo (or msondro) is a type of drum played in the Swahili-speaking world, including Zanzibar and Comoros. It is featured in the region's genre of taarab or twarab music.
msondo
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The msondo (or msondro) is a type of drum played in the Swahili-speaking world, including Zanzibar and Comoros. It is featured in the region's genre of taarab or twarab music.
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The Zanzibari version is described as "a slightly tapered, open-ended drum approximately 3 feet tall" The Comorian version is described as made of a terra-cotta pitcher topped with goatskin.
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- “Msondo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Msondo and Sikinde in the Era of Kujitegemea (“Self-Reliance”), The Legacy of Tanzanian Musicians Muhidin Gurumo and Hassan Bitchuka, 2018
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Lawrence G. Potter. The Persian Gulf in History. Palgrave Macmillan. 177–. 6 January 2009. 978-0-230-61845-9.
- 2.Dr Janet Topp Fargion. Taarab Music in Zanzibar in the Twentieth Century: A Story of ‘Old is Gold’ and Flying Spirits. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. 108–. 26 February 2014. 978-0-7546-5554-1.
- 3.Frank Tenaille. Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music. Chicago Review Press. 273–. 2002. 978-1-55652-450-9.
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