Amina

Three years ago I went to Senegal because my dad is from Senegal and I went to see my dads family. And while we were there we went on a boat to Goree Island to see all the lovely stuff there and while we were there lots of people playing music with traditional instruments. They were playing the kora,the kashaka and the gjimbe. The kora is like a mini guitar you hold the bottom of it inward to your stomach  it also has six strings two on the top two on middle and two on the bottom it is made from      the shell of a fruit and skin of an animal. Then we have the kashaka which is a piece of string with two shells of a fruit  with beads inside of it and there at the ends of the string. Then we have the gjimbe which is like a drum. And it can be in all shapes and sizes.The gjimbe is made from the skin of an animal and wood and then it is decorated with ribbon or paint.