What is the name of that big thumb piano that we see in the film?
R.K.: That’s kongoma. We have society people in Sierra Leone. We call them oge. They wear masks. They dance. And they use that instrument. We also have a kind of society called alyobo, and their music is called kabe. They use this kongoma to sing. These are the kind of people who are haunting the witch people. B.E: So this isn’t recreation anymore. This is serious. R.K.: Yes. Secret society. They are haunting the witch people. They call it kabe. B.E: Is this associated with a particular ethnic group? R.K.: Yes, the Temne people. And I am a Temne. But we don’t play kabe. We play palm wine. B.E: Palm wine and baskeda and reggae. What else? R.K.: Gumbe music. Gumbe comes from Kriol people, the returned slaves. You remember that after the abolition of the slave trade, some of the slaves were brought to Sierra Leone, and they came with this culture. But it is all like African tradition, because they have the sanga. They have the same instruments incorporated, like the kongoma, the kele. Thi
