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Xalam (in Serer, or khalam in Wolof) is a traditional stringed musical instrument from West Africa with 1-5 strings. The xalam is commonly played in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; it, and its variants, are also known in other languages as bappe, diassare, hoddu (Pulaar), koliko (Gurunsi), kologo (Frafra), komsa, kontigi, gurmi, garaya (Hausa), koni, konting (Mandinka), molo (Songhay/Zarma), ndere, ngoni (Bambara), and tidinit (Hassaniyya and Berber).

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  • Xalam (de)
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  • Lo xalam, in lingua Wolof, è uno strumento musicale della famiglia dei cordofoni diffuso nell'Africa occidentale. Le sue origini sono incerte: alcuni dicono che ha origine dove si trova l'attuale Mali; altri dicono che risalga all'antico Egitto; altri ancora affermano che sia l'antenato del banjo americano. È molto usato dai griot. Lo xalam è un liuto con 1 fino a 5 corde. Il corpo in legno dello strumento è ricoperto con pelle bovina. Oggigiorno le corde sono fatte con fili da pesca in nylon. (it)
  • Xalam (Wolof), auch khalam, halam, kalam (der erste Buchstabe steht für den uvularen Frikativ ch), ist eine fünfsaitige gezupfte Binnenspießlaute mit einem langovalen hölzernen Korpus, einer Hautdecke und einem fächerförmigen Steg, die von xalamkat genannten Berufsmusikern (Griots) der Wolof in Senegal, Gambia und im Süden von Mauretanien gespielt wird. Die Mandinka nennen eine ähnliche Binnenspießlaute ngoni und bei Berbern in Mauretanien heißt dieser in Westafrika verbreitete Lautentyp tidinit. Auch die musikalische Tradition teilt die xalam mit anderen Binnenspießlauten. Die unterschiedlichen westafrikanischen Zupflauten gehen mutmaßlich auf altägyptische Vorbilder zurück. Die xalam galt bis um 2000 als Vorläuferin des amerikanischen Banjos, das von afrikanischen Sklaven in der Karibik (de)
  • Xalam (in Serer, or khalam in Wolof) is a traditional stringed musical instrument from West Africa with 1-5 strings. The xalam is commonly played in Mali, Gambia, Senegal, Niger, Northern Nigeria, Northern Ghana, Burkina Faso, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; it, and its variants, are also known in other languages as bappe, diassare, hoddu (Pulaar), koliko (Gurunsi), kologo (Frafra), komsa, kontigi, gurmi, garaya (Hausa), koni, konting (Mandinka), molo (Songhay/Zarma), ndere, ngoni (Bambara), and tidinit (Hassaniyya and Berber). (en)
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