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Kono

Kasem · Kassena-Nankani / Upper East · Instrument

The kono (Kasem kɔnɔ) is a strummed lute widely played by Kasena praise-singers. The Kasem dictionary glosses kɔnɔ as 'lute, guitar, local stringed instrument'.

A praise-singer accompanied himself on the kono.

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