artisan lutes - like the Jola akonting (Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau), the Manjago buchundu (Gambia, Guinea-Bissau), the Gwari kaburu (Nigeria), and the Frafra koliko (Ghana), to name but a few - were the more likely candidates was revolutionary. Since then, many museums around the world have updated their collections to include the akonting and other members of the West African folk/artisan lute family, while banjo historians and ethnomusicologists have begun to broaden the range of their focus to include these instruments as well those used by griots. External links the gourd-bodied banjar and banza Banjo Ancestors Detectives: Daniel Jatta & Ulf Jägfors The African Akonting & The Origins of the Banjo Banjo Ancestors: The Akonting & Buchundu Folk Lutes Daniel Jatta Plays an Akonting Tune Written by his Father Ethnomusicologists Folk musicians Gambian musicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people)