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Ogene is a style of Igbo music consisting of and taking its name from the ogene instrument which is a large metal bell. The Ogene instrument has historically been made by the Igbo people of Nigeria. It is one of the most important metal instruments of the people. The Ogene type of bell which is commonly used as a major instrument in a bell orchestra in the Omambala River basin of the Igboland. It is an instrument of the struck idiophone class and is made of iron by specialist blacksmiths.