We go to central Kenya to take a look at the Kĩgamba instrument which is played by the Agĩkũyũ/Gĩkũyũ  community, a Bantu ethnic group...

Continuation of Discover East African Instruments - voice with peke/poko? Singers sometimes do not sing to an already written set of...

What is peke ? Peke is a percussive instrument used to accompany voices for Dodo musicians and Dodo dance amongst the Lüō community. How long has the peke instrument been around? What inspired it? What changes have happened around the instrument and the course of changes?! Well these are just a few questions that we might ask ourselves when we see the instrument for the first time. Maybe we do not need to answer all of them today . Let's start by looking at the process of m

It is popularly played by the Lüō tribe from Siaya and some parts of Nyanza region. The nyatiti is made up of a resonator covered with cow-skin, a bridge and two handles connecting the resonator to the head which holds the eight strings from the bottom. The strings used to be made out of cattle tendons.