double bell, ogene

Double bell (ogene) system of the Igbo people of Nigeria, mentioned in Maduagwuna & Asadu (2014) and Okpara (2016): [the ogene] is also a means of communication; towncriers use it to make announcements in the villages … Its communicative function also includes alerting dances on when to change their dance steps as in Igbo ‘Atilogwu Dance’” (Okpara 2016:45).

Maduagwuna, S., & Asadu, O. (2013). Les Moyens de Communication Chez les Igbo. UJAH: Unizik Journal of Arts and Humanities, 14(2), 140–153. https://doi.org/10.4314/ujah.v14i2.7,Okpara, M. U. (2016). Indigenous musical instruments: Media of communication in Nigerian culture. Awka Journal of Linguistics and Languages, 10(1), 37–50.