Pop superstar Beyoncé released "Texas Hold 'Em" a few weeks ago and it features an instrument that she had never emphasized before. This hit song, on her new (and hugely popular) Cowboy Carter album, ...

The aesthetic dimensions of African musical instruments are not only visual, but aural and symbolic as well. As cultural objects, they can represent and reinforce political authority, social ...

Translated with changes by John Shepley from "Les instruments de musique africains et leur décorations," Arts d'Afrique noire (Arnouville) no. 24, hiver 1977, pages 18-33.