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kalimba
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania a handheld thumb piano with metal tines attached to a wooden soundbox, used in folk, acoustic pop, and meditative music.
Kongoma
Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea a large, wooden lamellophone with a box resonator and three to five metal tines that are plucked with the fingers, used in social folk songs and traditional dances.
likembe
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda, Central Africa Republic a handheld thumb piano with tuned metal tongues fixed to a wooden resonator box, used for storytelling, ritual ceremonies, and communal social gatherings.
marimbula
Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti a large box-shaped plucked thumb piano with tuned metal or wooden strips fixed to a hollow wooden crate where the player sits on top of the box and reaches between their legs to pluck the "lamellae", used in Afro-Caribbean folk music like Son Cubano, Changüí, Merengue, Mento, and traditional dance ensembles.
mbira
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia a sophisticated plucked thumb piano with 22 to 28 tuned metal keys fixed to a wooden soundboard, and shells, beads, or bottle caps attached to the soundboard or the "deze", used in Shona spiritual ceremonies (Bira ceremony) and social storytelling.
rhumba box
Jamaica a large wooden thumb piano where the player sits on the resonator box and plucks heavy metal tongues, used in Mento music (precursor to ska and reggae)