(Regions of Woleu-Ntem, Gabon)
Joueurs de Balafond.
(Players of Balafon.)
Photo: J. Trolez
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Woleu-Ntem is one of Gabon's nine provinces. The provincial capital is Oyem.
The Balophon is a kind of wooden xylophone or percussion idiophone which plays melodic tunes and usually has between 16 to 27 keys. It has been played in Africa since the 1300s.
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