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Vinony's link graph records 8 inbound references to ramkie, and connects out to string instrument, South Africa and Namibia.
Vinony files it under Guitar family instruments and Southern African musical instruments.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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- guitar
- Country of origin
- Southern Africa
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- Ramkie
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left|thumb|A pair of 3 string fretless Ramkies.
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. It has three or four strings (rarely six like a guitar), made of fishing wire or bicycle brake wire, and may be fretted or fretless. The instrument has apparently always been used for repetitive chord-playing, not melodic patterns.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ramkie” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.