kora

plural koras

1. entertainmentA type of harp or lute played in West Africa.

   He is performing here with his Symmetric Orchestra, an ensemble of West African musicians who play both traditional instruments (kora, balafon, bolombatto, djembe) and slightly more contemporary ones (guitars, keyboards).

   2009 April 17, The New York Times, “Pop Listings”, in New York Times

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   Since its invention, probably in sixteenth-century Senegal, the kora' has been used by professional bards called jalis, or griots. The plucked instrument's harplike sound accompanies the jalis song—praise for patrons, histories and genealogies, satire, political commentary, and poetic recitation.

   2015, J. Kenneth Moore, Jayson Kerr Dobney, E Bradley Strachen-Scherer, Musical Instruments: Highlights of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, →ISBN, page 172

1. A female given name, modern or (rare) German variant of Cora.