Bokayé! The mongongo is a traditional musical instrument of Gabon, Africa, originally invented by the Pygmy people for bringing on heightened states of awareness and for communicating with the spirits. The bow is made from a special type of wood, the string is made from a vine. The thin stick is used to hit the string, the thick stick is used to change the pitch of the string, and the mouth is used as a resonator to control harmonics. The rhythmo-melodic patterns played here are classical to Bwiti, a disapp