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Molo

Hausa · Hausa / Northern Nigeria; Niger; zongo communities in Ghana · Instrument

A plucked lute, usually three-stringed. Robinson glosses molo first broadly as 'music, playing' (abin molo, any musical instrument), noting that it 'is sometimes used to denote a kind of guitar with three strings'. He also compares the larger two-stringed garaya to it.

The molo player accompanied the singer at the naming feast.

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