The Ethiopian Begena - claimed to have been brought to Ethiopia by Menelik I - son of King Solomon & The Queen of Sheba! This Lyre has 10 strings - the same as the Biblical Kinnor...
The Edongo [sometimes spelt Ndongo], is a Royal Court instrument of the Baganda people of Uganda. It is constructed rather like the Asherroo of Somalia, with the posts inserted through the covering s
The Baganda & Basoga lyres of Uganda - made of lizard skin and laced with to a non-sonorous skin in the same manner as the harp and drums. The strings are tied into a piece of wood and inserted into