nyatiti

plural nyatitis

1. A traditional type of lyre with eight strings, used by the Luo people of Kenya.

   Recently, some nyatiti performers have collaborated with guitarists in beautiful combined productions.

   2000, Radano/Bohlman, Music and the Racial Imagination, page 373

   2 more examples

   The premier Luo musical instrument is the nyatiti, a lyre of eight strings converging inside a hide resonator, all housed in a trapezoid wooden frame.

   2001, Okumba Miruka, Oral Literature of the Luo, EAEP, published 2001, page 14

   A quiet, largely acoustic CD with beautiful melodies and captivating rhythms that starts with nyatiti, praise songs and local rhythms.

   1999, Simon Broughton et al., Rough Guide to World Music, page 522