Ogene bụ ngwa egwu ndi Igbo. Ọ bụkwazi aha egwu. Ihe eji akpụ ogene bụ igwe. Ndi na-eme Ogene bu ndị Ọkpụ ụzụ. Nke a mere e ji asị ụzụ na-amaghị akpụ ogene lee egbe anya n' odu. (Ogene nwere ihu abuo ka odudu egbe). ọbụkwa ndi Igbo bi na Naijeria na- arụpụta ma na-agbakwa egwu ogene. Mgbịrịgba Ogene ka ndị Omambala River basin dị n'ala Igbo ji mere isi ngwa egwu. Ọ bụ ngwa egwu na-egosi nke a kpọrọ Struck idiophone class, Ọkpụ ụzụ jikwa igwe pụrụ iche kpụọ ya. Ụdịdị ya dị basabasa bịa nwee okokoro n'ime ya. Ụda ya na-esi mkpọtụ ịma jijiji mgbe akụrụ ya. na-eji osisi nkụ were akụ ya. Udu Ikoro Ogene gong at Marvel Chukwudi: OGENE and Other Poems, Praxis Magazine for Arts and Literature, looked up on 23 February 2016. Nzewi, O'dyke (2000). "The Technology and Music of the Nigerian Igbo Ogene Anuka Bell Orchestra". Leonardo Music Journal 10: 25–31. DOI:10.1162/096112100570576.  Echezona, W (1964). "Ibo Musical Instruments".