Garaya (lute)

A man plays the garaya, a lute of Hausa and Fulani peoples. The Hausa version has a wooden body, while the Fulani use a gourd for the body.[1]

The garaya or komo is an oval-bodied, two-string spike lute from Niger and Northern Nigeria.[2]

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  2. ^ Gourlay, K. A. (1984). "Garaya". In Sadie Stanley (ed.). The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. Vol. 2. London: MacMillan Press. p. 25.