Ardin (harp)

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Noura Mint Seymali playing the ardin.

The ardin is a type of harp played in Mauritania. It has a resonating body made of calabash, with 10 to 16 strings, and is played by female griots.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Charry, Eric (2000). Mande Music: Traditional and Modern Music of the Maninka and Mandinka of Western Africa. University of Chicago Press. p. 164. ISBN 9780226101613. Retrieved 31 August 2018.
  2. ^ Rothenberg, Jerome; Joris, Pierre; Robinson, Jeffrey Cane; Tengour, Habib (2012). Poems for the Millennium, Volume Four: The University of California Book of North African Literature. University of California Press. p. 453. ISBN 9780520273856. Retrieved 31 August 2018.