Endongo

[1] The bowl lyre present in Uganda is played by two particular tribes, the Basoga, who name the instrument entongoli, and the Baganda, who call it the endongo.

[2] Wachsmann (1971) speculates that the instrument emerged with the Luo migrations from Sudan in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.

In the past, the skin of the monitor lizard (locally known as enswaswa) was used to cover the bowl to act as a sound board.

Still, the drier ant lizard skin is considered inferior due to its lesser pliability.

Songs with endongo bowl lyre and a humorous song with drums from the Ganda of Buganda district (Central Province), Uganda By Various Artists recorded in 1950, From Smithsonian Folkways Joel Sebunjo: "Heart of a Griot" Royal Endongo Music of Uganda Endongo (bowl lyre) scale, sung by Albert Ssempeke Part of Peter Cooke Uganda Recordings "Nnakatanza" performed by Evaristo Muyinda Historical song, sung to the bowl lyre endongo