Watcha plays "Djina Bantan" - Kamale ngoni music from West Africa

Watcha plays the song Djina Bantan. The kamale ngoni is a type of harp from West Africa. Filmed by George Smerin in Kafountine, Senegal 2018. www.smerin.com

[@justinthomas4442]

I have no idea what he’s singing about but I loved this so much. Amazing feeling in this, I could listen to this man play all day. 💗💗

[@sugerlipsxjamiewright4170]

The instrument is played with skill and the sound that the harp makes is metdoic an beautiful in my opinion!

[@arq.martin.juarez.penalva]

Africa..bendición para el mundo!

[@ramanidpr40]

beautifull sound , as well as the singer , sounds great rhytm

[@QUEEN-df1mc]

God bless mama Africa

[@bobcoulter6726]

Wonderful, Thank you♥

[@salahdtoure6572]

Artístico 🇬🇳🇸🇳🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@arieluken6290]

Puur en supergoed!!! The Netherlands.

[@a.s91]

So calm

[@richardsmithmusic]

Beautiful

[@felicerosser5400]

The first song sounds so much like Irish or Appalachian folk music.

[@joelwaldman]

All ancestral tribes share that same scale. It’s called pentatonic.

[@nahno767]

Thank you for sharing peace

[@WakeUpMusicGroup]

Very pure. Love it. ✌🏼❤️

[@maxm7148]

Gorgeous!!!!!!

[@andreasvedeler80]

Beautiful song

[@johannesvonmalos7505]

If only I knew the lyrics.

[@nahno767]

I don't have an ear for that language but rest assured it's about peace and not hate.

[@nahno767]

The language is wolof

[@jessika9488]

Does anyone know if this guy has made any more music? Id love if he released a bunch of songs on spotify ❤❤

[@shivashakti3824]

Gorgeous ❤

[@indigohealthvoyages-6386]

Great song. Anyway of posting lyrics?

[@freddie5ive]

this dude is hella good. is this his song or a standard?

[@imlordsense]

listen the nature in tune

[@haret0n]

this rocks!!! 🎉 🎉

[@nicksalvatore5717]

West African Blues

[@ErykMaler]

muzyka ludowa i elektroniczna są pokrewne

[@StealThisUsername]

does someone know the lyrics? Quelqu'un sait traduire?

[@jessika9488]

Can I find this music on Spotify or SoundCloud?

[@marinanononsense]

❤

[@Makisita88]

In which key is this ngoni tuned? Can anybody help me out on this please?

[@osamathesanta8671]

Mali

[@Kubzinho]

You know ngoni? Maybe this is kora.

[@rodphillips2573]

@@Kubzinho This is tuned, low to high: e, a, b, d, e. In Western music, it is a pentatonic scale.

[@Keno8050]

Adungu

[@georgeclinton3657]

what are the lyrics? what language?

[@dianyndiaye247]

This is mandika

[@NoRockinMansLand]

@@dianyndiaye247 no Wolof

[@laminconteh1054]

It's mandinka language ​@@NoRockinMansLand

[@NoRockinMansLand]

But he's from Senegal so it must be Wolof right? ​@@laminconteh1054

[@sandragayle7866]

Nice my brother you need to be teaching.

[@panchoverde5078]

G major

[@Way_loz]

E minor

[@Legomoviebros]

What's the language?

[@Kzyon]

As it's Casamance, maybe it's Wolof

[@claudio7elleri261]

I bene many Times in casamanche,language its wolof

[@Legomoviebros]

@@claudio7elleri261 Thank you

[@laminconteh1054]

​@@claudio7elleri261it's mandinka language

[@AmityMidwest]

I believe this is actually a kora also known as a harp lute

[@NoRockinMansLand]

This is not the Ngoni, it's clearly a harp lute so it's a Kora

[@smerin]

It is 100% a Kamale ngoni, which is quite different to the Djeli ngoni that you are probably thinking of. It has less strings than a Kora and a different body shape.

[@NoRockinMansLand]

@@smerin ohh ok, thanks for the input

[@jasminepearls1047]

kora instrument not ngoni

[@smerin]

Hey Sarissa, agreed it does look more like a kora than the other type of ngoni played by musicians such as Bassekou Kouyate. But this instrument has much fewer strings and a different construction and string layout than the kora, so it is definitely a kamale ngoni.

[@johnnysvno6560]

This intrumen is not kora

[@georgepeel7469]

sorry mate its an Ngoni I should know as I make and play them

[@BECKYLOU824]

@@georgepeel7469 I know I'm a year late but do you still make these instruments?

[@Kzyon]

Kamale ngoni, yeah!

[@eliasar2924]

Beautiful