Ganga

Ganga (Hausa), name for drum in the Benue-Cross languages; also in Tunisia among the Guang and Hausa, where it is cylindrical; in Morocco, where it is a kettledrum; among the Yoruba, where it is an hourglass drum. The Hausa carry theirs on the left shoulder. See also: aganga, agonga, agongo, degangande, digongo, gangan, gangano, gangatan, gengaun, ligangale, oganga, uganga (93). Hause, Helen E. “Terms for Musical Instruments in the Sudanic Languages,” Supplement to the Journal of the American…