Ndzendze

{{short description|Comorian box-zither-type musical instrument}}

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| names = Dzendze, dzenzé

| classification = Box-zither

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The ndzendze (dzendze, dzenzé) is a Comorian musical instrument, of the box-zither type, possibly derived from the Malagasy valiha.{{cite book|author1=Simon Broughton|author2=Mark Ellingham|author3=Richard Trillo|title=World Music: Africa, Europe and the Middle East|url=https://archive.org/details/roughguidetoworl00simo|url-access=registration|year=1999|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=978-1-85828-635-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/roughguidetoworl00simo/page/505 505]–}} The musician Soubi (Athoumane Soubira) of Mwali is recognized as a master of the instrument.{{cite book|author1=David Horn|author2=Dave Laing|title=Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 2 Locations (5 Vol Set): Volumes III to VII|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jhUKAQAAMAAJ|date=18 April 2005|publisher=Bloomsbury Academic|isbn=978-0-8264-7436-0|page=5}}{{cite web|title=Biographie: Soubi (Athoumane Soubira)|url=http://www.afrisson.com/Soubi-433.html|publisher=Afrisson|accessdate=4 October 2014}}