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Kanembu (Zentralsudan, Kanem) - Spielen der Gitarre »tjegeni«   [Other Title]

Kanembu (Central Sudan, Kanem) - Playing the Guitar »tjegeni«   [Title Translation]
Year of origin: 1964
Genre: Documentary Film
Locations of shooting: n/a

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Production company: IWF (Göttingen)
First released by: IWF (Göttingen)
Distributor: IWF (Göttingen)
Author: Peter Fuchs


Keywords: Kanembu (s. a. Haddad), Chordophone, Gitarre, Tjegeni, chordophone, guitar, tjegeni, ["['Musikinstrumente', 'Musikinstrumente', 'Musikinstrumente']", "['Musikinstrumente', 'Musikinstrumente', 'Musikinstrumente']"], ['musical instruments', 'musical instruments']
Issa Yussufami, a Kanembu, plays the guitar tjegeni. The instrument has three strings of horse-hair which the player plucks with his right hand while the fingers of his left hand strike the strings. The tones of the tjegeni imitate the melody of words and it is possible for the player to "speak" with the tjegeni. The instrument is only used for entertainment and is played by men only.

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