Algaita
# Algaita

The algaita (also spelled alghaita, algayta or algheita) is a double reed wind instrument from West Africa, especially among the Hausa and Kanuri peoples. Its construction is similar to the oboe-like rhaita and the zurna. The algaita is distinguished from these other instruments by its larger, trumpet-like bell. Instead of keys, it has open holes for fingering, similar to the zurna.

## Traditional recordings

* Music from the Villages of Northeastern Nigeria (Folkways, 1971)
* "Music of the Cameroon - The Fulani of the North" (Lyrichord 7334)

## Use in jazz recordings

* Yusef Lateef, In Nigeria, (YAL Records, 1983)
* Yusef Lateef, The African-American Epic Suite (1994)
