DescriptionSusu Griot, circa 1910, Conakry, Guinea.jpg
English: A Susu griot holds holds a lute with a figure "8" shape body, about 1910, standing behind two sitting women. Mande speakers (of which Susu people are among) call their lutes nkoni or ngoni.[1]
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A Susu griot holds holds a lute with a figure "8" shape body, about 1910, standing behind two sitting women.
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