Njarka

The njarka is a small fiddle made from a gourd, with one gut string, which is native to Mali.[1][2] Ali Farka Touré is a notable njarka player.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Tenaille, Frank (2002). Music is the Weapon of the Future: Fifty Years of African Popular Music. Chicago Review Press. p. 101. ISBN 9781556524509. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  2. ↑ Appiah, Anthony; Gates, Henry Louis (2010). Encyclopaedia of Africa. Oxford University Press. p. 486. ISBN 9780195337709. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Stanton, Andrea L.; Ramsamy, Edward; Seybolt, Peter J.; Carolyn M. Elliott (2012-01-05). Cultural Sociology of the Middle East, Asia, and Africa: An Encyclopedia. SAGE Publications. p. 226. ISBN 9781412981767. Retrieved 27 May 2013.