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GOJE

£200.00Price
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AUG 2025
  • Traditional Hausa bowed instrument also referred to as Gonje/ Gonji
    An Agilinti lizard skin-covered gourd, strung with horse tail and played with a bow. Resin block is provided - which must be used - for the horse hair on the instrument and the bow, plus small stick bridge to raise the string. *Spare horse tail fibres and spare bridge are provided in the shipment.


    A very popular instrument with traditional Yoruba-Muslim musicians, such as Yusufu Olatunji, Alhaji Slami Balogun, Alhaji Saka Olayigbade etc and nearly always played alongside the Sakara drums)
    Hear it at the following links:

    https://youtu.be/YMiVQvxr1Wo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-kfknQPPSg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN0njJHnwcY

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPuTVxbTeFE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MRhA7HvxTc

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHi0jpiyPB8

    Agilinti (a type of lizard) skin is the more traditional skin used

    A very popular instrument with traditional Yoruba-Muslim musicians, such as Yusufu Olatunji, Alhaji Slami Balogun, Alhaji Saka Olayigbade etc and nearly always played alongside the Sakara drums)

    https://youtu.be/YMiVQvxr1Wo

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-kfknQPPSg

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN0njJHnwcY

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPuTVxbTeFE

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MRhA7HvxTc

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHi0jpiyPB8

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