Actually the o/a spelling is just modern interpretation of the word as spoken by citizens of, slaves taken from, and descendants of hundreds of cultures with hundreds of dialects across the African continent.
"Conga" is the proper modern American spelling of the cigar-shaped drum popular with Latin American music, but even among Spanish-speaking drummers the word congo is sometimes used- then take into account that across the world, not every player of that style of drum is even associated with Latin music or the Spanish language.
Actually the o/a spelling is just modern interpretation of the word as spoken by citizens of, slaves taken from, and descendants of hundreds of cultures with hundreds of dialects across the African continent.
"Conga" is the proper modern American spelling of the cigar-shaped drum popular with Latin American music, but even among Spanish-speaking drummers the word congo is sometimes used- then take into account that across the world, not every player of that style of drum is even associated with Latin music or the Spanish language.
IMHO that "mis-spelling" (which isn't even the case) is nothing compared with the total dyslexic misunderstanding about Squier/Squire, that people are so fond of over here at TB .
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