Ngoniwpntr2018-12-19T18:28:59+00:00The most of the African instruments with a fingerboard are played by pulling the strings. It is supposed that these West African instruments date back to the ancient Egypt. There are some instruments that are very similar to the old Egyptian pictures. They have a round neck part with 3 up to 7 strings tied with fabric or leather rope onto the long thin navicular wooden body covered with animal skin. The common name of these instruments, popular in West Africa, is Ngoni. These instruments differ in some areas: the Fulas play it with 3 strings, the Mandinkas – they call it Kontingo – with four strings, the Wolofs – they call it Halam – with 5 strings and the Tuaregs call it Tehardent. The instrument with three strings, on the right, is probably an instrument played by the Gnawa people which came to Morocco from the south region of the Sahara desert and it is a kind of Sintir with bass character. 