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26/11/2021

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🎶 Guitar maker Jean-Luther Misoko Nzalayala, 60, who goes by the trade name of Socklo, sits in his workshop in Congo's capital Kinshasa in June. He is a luthier renown for the unique sound of his rudimentary, hand-crafted guitars, made using basic recycled tools. His instruments are used by both Congolese & European musicians. Congo's famous rumba and soukous sounds are popular across Africa and are driven by the interplay of 3 or 4 or even 5 guitars swirling around melodies and pounding beats. Musicians who have used Socklo guitars say they have a special, typically Congolese sound. For the sound box, Socklo uses locally produced plywood, while the fretboard can be made of wenge, a tough tropical wood that can be hard to work. He makes treble strings from brake cables that he cuts to size while bass strings come from a machine he invented to spin copper wire. Socklo makes 2 or 3 guitars weekly that sell for between $25-$200, but sales and international orders have been hampered by the coronavirus lockdown, making life difficult for the master craftsman who operates what he calls the smallest traditional lutherie in the world. 📸 Kinshasa, DRC, june 2020. Justin Makangara (@makangarajustin) for Fondation Carmignac. 📌 More stories on Congo in Conversation’s blog. Link in bio. #PRIXCARMIGNACCONGO #CONGOINCONVERSATION #Kinshasa #congo #rdc #photojournalim #photojournalim #photography #photographie #award #democraticrepublicofcongo #congolese #CongoKinshasa #RDCongo #Journalisme #JournalismPhotography #JournalismMatters #Photojournalist #DocumentaryPhoto #Reportage #ReportagePhoto⁠ #Photojournaliste #Photographe #Reportage #report #music #guitar #luthier 15/08/2020

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🎶 Guitar maker Jean-Luther Misoko Nzalayala, 60, who goes by the trade name of Socklo, sits in his workshop in Congo's capital Kinshasa in June. He is a luthier renown for the unique sound of his rudimentary, hand-crafted guitars, made using basic recycled tools. His instruments are used by both Congolese & European musicians. Congo's famous rumba and soukous sounds are popular across Africa and are driven by the interplay of 3 or 4 or even 5 guitars swirling around melodies and pounding beats. Musicians who have used Socklo guitars say they have a special, typically Congolese sound. For the sound box, Socklo uses locally produced plywood, while the fretboard can be made of wenge, a tough tropical wood that can be hard to work. He makes treble strings from brake cables that he cuts to size while bass strings come from a machine he invented to spin copper wire. Socklo makes 2 or 3 guitars weekly that sell for between $25-$200, but sales and international orders have been hampered by the coronavirus lockdown, making life difficult for the master craftsman who operates what he calls the smallest traditional lutherie in the world. 📸 Kinshasa, DRC, june 2020. Justin Makangara (@makangarajustin) for Fondation Carmignac. 📌 More stories on Congo in Conversation’s blog. Link in bio. #PRIXCARMIGNACCONGO #CONGOINCONVERSATION #Kinshasa #congo #rdc #photojournalim #photojournalim #photography #photographie #award #democraticrepublicofcongo #congolese #CongoKinshasa #RDCongo #Journalisme #JournalismPhotography #JournalismMatters #Photojournalist #DocumentaryPhoto #Reportage #ReportagePhoto⁠ #Photojournaliste #Photographe #Reportage #report #music #guitar #luthier

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