Music
Mamman Shata: the Hausa singer whose praise songs and kalangu drums filled northern Nigeria
Alhaji Mamman Shata of Katsina was the most celebrated Hausa singer of the twentieth century. Accompanied by kalangu…
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Arts + Culture
The balafon: the West African xylophone and the legendary Sosso Bala
The balafon, a wooden xylophone with gourd resonators, is one of the oldest instruments of the Mande world.…