Kakaki

Kakaki player at the palace of the Ooni of Ife, in Osun state, western Nigeria

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The kakaki is a three- to four-metre-long metal trumpet used in Hausa, Yoruba, and Nupe traditional ceremonial music. Kakaki is the name used in Chad, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Benin Niger, and Nigeria.

The Kakaki, also known as "Waza" or "Malakat" is a three- to four-meter-long metal trumpet used in African Hausa.

The instrument is also known as malakat or mäläkät (መለከት) in Ethiopia and Eritrea.[1]

Kakaki is a long metal trumpet used in Hausa traditional ceremonial music. It could be anything from three metres in length.

An ancient instrument, the kakaki was predominant among Songhai cavalry. Its sound is associated with royalty and it is only played at events at the palace of the king or sultan in Hausa societies. It is used as part of the sara, a weekly statement of power and authority. Kakaki are exclusively played by men.

See also

• Hausa music
• Fanfare
• Wazza

References

1. "Mäläkät (መለከት)". sewasew.com. [source for webpage: Encyclopaedia Aethiopica] Malakat are found among the Amhara and Tégrayans, in northern and central Ethiopia (Šäwa, Bägemdér, and Tégray), and in southern Eritrea (Säraye and Hamasen)...traditionally were used to accompany royal proclamations heralding the approach of the king or another high ranking official or authority.

• Chad - Arts and Literature
• BBC article at Internet Archive
• The Orchestra in the African Context