The Ramkie (also called an Afri-can) is a type of guitar usually made in South Africa, Botswana, Zambia, Namibia and Malawi.

It is made using a discarded oil can (or similar) for the soundbox.

[1][2][3][4] The instrument has apparently always been used for repetitive chord-playing, not melodic patterns.

[5] The instrument is recorded as early as 1730 among the Khoikhoi people in the Cape, although its earlier history is unclear.

It was later adapted by the San and Bantu speakers, and the gourd body replaced by wood or a tin can.