Balafon

The large geographical area covering the western part of the continent, with its undeniable diversity of countries and peoples, has not prevented traditionally have spoken of it as a cultural unit on some topics.

This is perhaps the case of musical tradition, a common understanding of man's relationship with the sound through a parallel type, but never identical, instruments and dance.

KORA

The djembe, which has a fairly widespread use in most East African countries and could be considered as the official instrument of the area, but always remember that it comes from and is still more characteristic of Guinea.

So, let's see the kora as the most widely used melodic element in the Gambia, while the Ngoni it is in Mali and Guinea balafon. Undoubtedly, the last three (kora, ngoni, balafon) are found throughout the world send, but each with its own dominant influence region.