Compound Sounds - Instrument Making in The Gambia

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Suntou is binding the tunes keys to the frame of the balafon with string.

Also in the picture is Alhaji Jobarteh, who is the tailor who makes the excellent padded carrying cases for the balafons, koras and djembes.

This photo was taken in March 2005.