Musicians and Musical Instruments, Sierra Leone, early 1820s
Caption, Jellemen of Soolimana. The principal instruments used [by the Jelle-men] are the kora, in sound and shape resembling a guitar; the ballafoo [balafon] . . .; different-sized drums; and a flute with three notes, which is only used as an accompaniment to other instruments . . . (p. 369). The author travelled in Sierra Leone in the early 1820s.
Image Title
Musicians and Musical Instruments, Sierra Leone, early 1820s
RegID
SI-OB-597
Date
1820-1830
Title
Musicians and Musical Instruments, Sierra Leone, early 1820s
Source
Alexander Gordon Laing, Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima countries in Western Africa (London, 1825), facing, p. 369. (Copy in Library Company of Philadelphia)
Language
English
Item sets
Pre-Colonial Africa: Society, Polity, Culture
Spatial Coverage
Africa--Rivers
Reproduced In
Alexander Gordon Laing, Travels in the Timannee, Kooranko, and Soolima countries in Western Africa (London, 1825), facing, p. 369.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
LCP-30