Charles "Wsir" Johnson

"Afrikan Inspired Arts"

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Instruments I Love Making by Hand:
 
"The Afrikan Akonting"
One of the Grandfathers of the American Banjo
 

                                                     

Made with Gourd, Goatskin and Wood

                                    

                                   
Playin' the Akonting at the 2008 Chicago Blues Festival
 
 
Early Americana Afrikan styled  Banjo/Banjar:
                            Made with gourd, Goatskin and Wood
             
 
 
More of my Art Based Afro-Instruments Coming Soon:
       
                               Testing instruments in my         Playing my handmade sax at
                               play studio a "wooded park"      North Carolina Science Museum
                                                    "The Wacky World of Sound"
                              
"Lil Willie and his Diddley Bo"                                    
youth workshops and residency                                Gourd Sax, "Horn with Bite".......
programs.
 
 
                             Donjo-Ngoni Guitar
                     (7 strings, electric pick-up)
                             Part Africa Donso Ngoni, part African-Amercan Banjar and part Kora